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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: To those who paid for ‘free’ tax filing from TurboTax

Did anyone else out there waste an afternoon trying to file taxes for free? Apparently it was not just me. A recent Propublica report poked around the code behind TurboTax’s “FREE Guaranteed” tax filing software — the …

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University of Iowa pays $2.3 million for work on football practice center

Cedar Rapids Gazette: After initially resisting a $2 million-plus jury award in favor of a contractor on its Indoor Practice Facility, the University of Iowa paid up this month and ended a 6-year-old dispute. The university …

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Flood Recovery Advisory Board members named

On Monday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the members for the Flood Recovery Advisory Board, which was created by executive order to help coordinate a comprehensive flood recovery and rebuilding effort. The board’s first meeting will …

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Iowa’s legal sports betting bill heads to governor’s desk

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Whether betting on professional and collegiate sports becomes legal in Iowa now rests with Gov. Kim Reynolds. A measure to legalize betting on athletics, and also on daily fantasy sports, won the approval …

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Iowa Attorney General Miller pens tribute to Juul founders for Time 100

Time magazine named Juul creators Adam Bowen and James Monsees to this year’s Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people, and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller received the tap to write their profile, reports …

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CMS to launch new primary care pay models in 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced an ambitious, double-pronged strategy to shift primary care from fee-for-service payments to a global fee model where clinicians and hospitals could assume varying amounts …

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ACLU of Iowa says state’s new ag-gag law violates free speech protections

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s second attempt to make it a crime for journalists, advocacy groups and others to go undercover at meatpacking plants and livestock facilities will face another legal challenge. The ACLU of Iowa filed …

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$12 million contract awarded for levee repair near Hamburg

The Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha says it has awarded a $12 million contract to repair a Missouri River levee near Hamburg, Iowa, that broke during catastrophic flooding in March, reports the Des Moines Register. …

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UI reverses promise to pay contractor in Children’s Hospital dispute

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Backed up by the Board of Regents, the University of Iowa is continuing to refuse making court-ordered payment to one of its contractors for work on the Stead Family Children’s Hospital, accusing the …

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Feds launch investigation into Medicaid managed-care denials, including those in Iowa

The U.S. Office of Inspector General is investigating insurance companies that contract with several states across the country to oversee Medicaid-managed programs, including Iowa’s, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office and the Iowa …

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