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Oct. 30: AARP Des Moines Candidate Forum

Host: AARP-Des Moines
About: AARP-Des Moines is sponsoring a forum with candidates for Des Moines mayor and at-large City Council members starting at 3 p.m. Candidates for the at-large council seat will answer questions on …

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Hankins hired as Des Moines assistant city manager

Malcolm Hankins (pictured), currently director of neighborhood services in Aurora, Colo., has been hired as an assistant city manager in Des Moines. Hankins, who will be paid $170,000 annually, has worked in local government for …

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Des Moines City Council approves new zoning code

The Des Moines City Council on Wednesday passed the final reading of an ordinance establishing a new city zoning code but not before it was chastised by one of its members.

“We’ve worked on this …

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Woodard named Partnership SVP

Longtime policy staffer Andrea Woodard has been promoted to senior vice president of government relations and public policy for the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Woodard joined the Partnership policy team in 2014 and had directed the DSM …

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Ambitious town center project planned for Johnston

A conceptual rendering of the proposed Johnston Town Center planned at Northwest 62nd Avenue and Merle Hay Road. Special to the Business Record.

About 20 years ago, investment by owners in properties located along Merle Hay…
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Bower elected Iowa appeals court’s chief judge

The Iowa Court of Appeals has elected Judge Thomas Bower of Cedar Falls as its chief judge. Bower, a member of the appeals court since 2012, replaces Chief Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel, who recently retired. …

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Ames industrial site certified as “super park”

Ames’ planned Prairie View Industrial Center near the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and U.S. Highway 30 has become the state’s latest certified “super park,” the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced.

The 730 acres will …

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A Closer Look: Elizabeth Johnson

When Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Elizabeth Johnson to executive director at the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Johnson’s previous work in the organization was top of mind. 

“As an administrative law judge and past staff member …

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In Iowa, Pence ‘turns up heat’ on House to pass USMCA

Sioux City Journal: Vice President Mike Pence, in Waukee on Wednesday, pressed U.S. House Democrats to ratify a trade deal with Mexico and Canada that backers said — coupled with an agreement with Japan — would …

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Employer roundtable on Nov. 6 to highlight recruiting of former inmates

Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging employers and human resources managers to attend the Employer and Reentry Breakfast Roundtable on Nov. 6 to learn about the employment opportunities available with formerly incarcerated individuals. The half-day event …