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INSIDER: Revised ‘revenue-neutral’ tax credit bill has industry, bipartisan support

At least five Iowa-based companies have projects in the works that would benefit from passage this year of a biorenewable chemicals tax credit, according to a new white paper, “Biobased Chemicals: The Iowa Opportunity,” released…
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INSIDER: D.C. brass discuss Guard base compromise in DSM

The brass in Washington are discussing a deal that could allow Des Moines International Airport to develop part of the Iowa Air National Guard base on its grounds, if the Des Moines Airport Authority board…
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INSIDER: Judge pats lawyers on back for being Iowa nice

U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett took the time and ink to pat the lawyers in this case on the back for meeting as instructed to frame questions that could be submitted to the Iowa Supreme …

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INSIDER: Principal to take on Seventh and Grand parking ramp; Nelson to move luxury high-rise project across street

  Principal Financial Group Inc. will take over the ownership and development of a parking ramp at the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Grand Avenue, lifting a $30 million development project from the city…
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The Elbert Files: A presidential death curse?

Eight U.S. presidents have died in office, beginning with William Henry Harrison in 1841 and ending with John F. Kennedy in 1963. Four, including Kennedy, were assassinated; the other four, including Harrison, died of natural …

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McLellan: Waking from the deep sleep

I always think of the first couple weeks of January as the slow climb out of the holiday hibernation we’ve all been in for the past month. It seems that by the time December days …

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Gitomer: Skip resolutions for outcomes

Whatever your age, you’ve made resolutions, you’ve made goals, and you often fell short of them.

Drop resolutions; they’re always painful. Drop goals; they’re often unmet.

Refer to whatever it is that you want as …

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Rocketing toward innovation

When he’s not thinking about debunking myths, Anthony Paustian could be pondering storm chasing, outer space, building confidence, neuroscience or advances in digital music.

It’s not that Paustian endures a scatterbrained existence at the West …

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A Closer Look: Richard Leopold

One of Iowa’s most prominent environmentalists, Richard Leopold, has run the Polk County Conservation Board for a year and a half. That is the conservation arm of county government. Leopold — call him Rich — …

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A new ‘S.O.B.’

In early summer, Ronald Hansen took a phone call from John Sorensen, head of the Iowa Bankers Association.

“We need to talk about this S.O.B. position,” Sorensen said. Neither man is known for profanity, not …