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Partnership sets legislative agenda, lawmakers spar on solutions

A panel of key Iowa legislative leaders took turns looking to score points before a pro-business crowd today.

Not surprisingly, the minority Democrats took the opportunity to take a few jabs at the majority Republicans …

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So far, Hy-Vee ‘crushing’ Des Moines’ first sports bar

Todd Millang, the commercial real estate broker who teamed with Hubbell Realty Co. to buy and renovate Johnny’s Hall of Fame in 2006, said he is trying to find an operating model to compete with …

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A Closer Look: Michele Keenan

Michele Keenan was hired as the first paid executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Greater Des Moines in July 2016. Formed in the early 1980s, the nonprofit had until last year …

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Guest Opinion: Rural economic development drives Iowa’s growth

BY ALLAN DUFFE | Board director for the Central Iowa Power Cooperative

Economic development is critical for the success of Iowa. It takes on an even greater importance when dealing with the state’s rural economy.…

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Newsmaker Q&A: Kim Foltz

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Iowa is hiring between 250 and 300 additional employees in Iowa in preparation for accommodating some 215,,000 added Medicaid members beginning Dec. 1, following the departure of AmeriHealth Caritas as one …

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NOTEBOOK: Thorne decries ‘insult’

We reported recently that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had booted respected University of Iowa occupational health researcher — and EPA grant recipient — Peter Thorne from the EPA science advisory panel he led. 

Now …

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NOTEBOOK: Hickman: Never stop learning

I heard Lea Hickman, a partner at Silicon Valley Product Group and former product lead for Adobe’s Creative Cloud, give the keynote at the Technology Association of Iowa’s 10th annual Women of Innovation Awards at …

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Fretting the internet

With few exceptions, retail is trending hot and cold in Greater Des Moines, or, as developer Mike Whalen describes it, the industry is a little “schizo” right now.

Outlets of Des Moines, a development Whalen …

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NOTEBOOK: 30 minutes with Douglas Brinkley

Noted conservationist and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley was in town Nov. 14 to deliver Drake University’s Bucksbaum Lecture, and he proved quite a fan of Iowa and its history of high-profile efforts. 

It was good …

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NOTEBOOK: Forbes: Midwest needs more ag tech investment

Former presidential candidate Steve Forbes stopped by Prairie Crest Capital’s Ag Tech Investor Conference in Des Moines on Nov. 9 to offer thoughts to 150 national ag leaders. 

Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but our …