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Economic Development

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State workforce office redesigns its labor market website

Iowa Workforce Development has redesigned its website to make it easier to find data and information related to Iowa’s labor market and workforce. The page will replace the Iowa Workforce Information Network on Jan. 31. …

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Partnership launches internship toolkit for employers

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has launched a new internship toolkit called Internships 101. The free online guide provides employers with tools to successfully implement an internship program within their organizations. The toolkit walks companies through key …

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Consumers prices dipped 0.1 percent in December

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in December as the cost of energy goods dropped and the cost of services rose moderately, a trend that if sustained suggests that inflation could be slow to rise toward…
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Partnership joins new Midwest collaborative

The Greater Des Moines Partnership today joined officials from St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha to announce the creation of the Heartland Civic Collaborative to promote regional economic development.


The group already endorsed passage of…
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1000 Friends of Iowa announces awards

1000 Friends of Iowa will present its 2015 Best Development awards during a public event from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Iowa Capitol. The awards showcase projects that recognize connections between …

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Program to introduce low-wage women to heavy equipment jobs

Iowa Workforce Development, IowaWORKS and Hawkeye Community College are using a $75,000 Walmart Foundation grant to introduce low-income Iowa women to high-growth construction jobs. The grant covers the costs of bringing a specialized Hawkeye Community …

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New state report finds tax credits underused

A new Iowa Department of Revenue analysis found that many businesses that created a lot of jobs didn’t use the state’s new jobs tax credit.


“Among 912 businesses with a 260E contract reporting at least…
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Report makes pitch for biobased chemicals incentive program

A new white paper released Thursday says Iowa is better positioned than many domestic competitors to capitalize on the next frontier of bioprocessing in the United States. How well it achieves its full potential will …

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Taking Stock

And the winner is… newly listed Iowa public company, KemPharm Inc.

At least it was before the first week of 2016 saw the U.S. stock market, led by turmoil in China, have its worst start …

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Dissecting the rankers of state business climates

The Iowa Policy Project has launched a website, Grading the States, that critiques organizations that rate the economic health of states and generate rankings. “While useful state rankings do exist, the four most prominent ‘business climate’ rankings …