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An epidemic of errors?

How common are preventable medical errors in Iowa? Are hospitals and doctors taking sufficient steps to prevent medical errors? And how much are medical errors contributing to the high cost of health care? 

According to …

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NOTEBOOK: Corn growers push new bioplastic ingredient

Farmers and researchers at the Iowa Corn Promotion Board are trying to develop a bioplastic ingredient that could help push corn sales. 

The board holds U.S. patents on a proprietary production method using corn in …

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NOTEBOOK: Did you know?

Most retail sales — 90 percent  — happen at physical stores, but that share is falling, Bloomberg reports. You guessed it, the shift is toward online. And when we say online, we mean largely to …

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NOTEBOOK: You’ll have to wait out the new tax deduction limits

For all of you who ended up losers by way of the new tax bill, take heed: It’s not forever. Corporate tax rates were changed forever. Personal tax deductions and changes not so—they are temporary …

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NOTEBOOK: New tax law could influence car-buying decisions

The new tax bill has some good news and some so-so news for car buyers, depending on how you buy the car.

For starters, the law limits to $10,000 the combined amount from state property …

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NOTEBOOK: New airport eateries off to slow start

Despite steadily growing passenger traffic, Des Moines International Airport’s new bars and restaurants have missed their revenue projections by 8 percent in the first few months, airport officials said. 

That said, those businesses have topped …

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Airport’s future

Kevin Foley is in a bit of a predicament. The executive director can’t see a way Des Moines International Airport can pay for a $433.9 million project that includes a new terminal unless Congress allows …

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NOTEBOOK: Walton Foundation aims to improve Iowa waterways

Moira Mcdonald, senior program officer for the Walton Family Foundation’s Freshwater Conservation Initiative, stopped by Java Joe’s on Fourth Street a few weeks ago to talk to me about Walton’s water work.

There were a …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week.

Reynolds: ‘Build on positives’
Gov. Kim Reynolds made her first appearance at 1 Million Cups Des Moines, encouraging entrepreneurs to …

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A Closer Look: Ryan Osborn

When Ryan Osborn reflects on his first 18 months as president of Junior Achievement of Central Iowa, he naturally looks up at the organization’s dry ceiling, now protected by a new roof that was donated …