AABP EP Awards 728x90

Government Policy and Law

DSC 6869

Iowa consumer complaints up 24% in 2020, according to attorney general

Des Moines Register: Complaints of fraud, price-gouging and other consumer scams increased in Iowa last year. Iowans filed more than 4,000 consumer complaints with the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division in 2020, an increase of …

DSC 6869

Education subcommittee to take up school choice legislation

A major education initiative favored by Gov. Kim Reynolds and majority Republican legislators — expanding school choices for Iowa parents and students — will be considered by an education subcommittee next week, the Cedar Rapids Gazette …

DSC 6869

City of Perry looks to buy Hotel Pattee in partnership with economic development group

Perry News: The city of Perry and the local investment group Perry Economic Development Inc. are looking to partner in purchasing the Hotel Pattee, a plan discussed last week at a work session of the Perry …

DSC 6869

CIBO, Peoples Co. join to offer carbon credits

CIBO and Peoples Co. have announced a partnership to offer carbon credits on more than 20,000 acres of managed land. According to a news release, the collaboration makes the Clive-based Peoples the first land management company to offer …

DSC 6869

IWD to reissue tax forms for unemployment claimants

Iowa Workforce Development announced that it will reissue new 1099-G tax forms to all claimants on Monday, Jan. 25, due to possible errors in the forms that were already sent. After recently mailing the 1099-G …

DSC 6869

Judge: City can buy downtown Des Moines parking garage

The city of Des Moines can purchase a beleaguered downtown parking garage located at Walnut Street and Fifth Avenue, a Polk County District Court judge has ruled.

The structure has been at the center of …

33119

COVID-19 recovery at forefront of 2021 session

Lawmakers returned to the Statehouse Jan. 11 to begin the 2021 session with issues like business growth and education among their top priorities as the state continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Legislators began …

33115

Business leaders outline priorities for 2021 legislative session

Expansion of broadband infrastructure, improving access to affordable child care and eliminating the child care benefits cliff will likely be issues of focus during the 2021 legislative session.

That was the message from business and …

DSC 6869

Iowa House panels advance gun, abortion constitutional amendments

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Proposals to let Iowans vote to create a state-level Second Amendment and reject a Supreme Court finding of a right to an abortion advanced at the Iowa Statehouse on Tuesday. The proposed amendment relating …

DSC 6869

Proposed rule would give faith-based organizations access to SBA loan programs

The U.S. Small Business Administration is proposing a rule that would give faith-based businesses and organizations access to SBA business loan and disaster assistance programs. The SBA is seeking public comment on the proposed rule, which would …