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Looking to boost bioscience industry, governor eyes university partnership

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Gov. Kim Reynolds has recommended that the state adopt a budget that allots $2 million toward the creation of a collaborative center for researchers and agricultural business this week. If the funding makes …

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Jury awards Boone County landowner $250,000 in Dakota Access pipeline lawsuit

Boone News-Republican/Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Boone County jury this week awarded a property owner who sued over the construction of an oil pipeline through her property $250,000 following a nearly weeklong trial in which she challenged …

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FSA offices to reopen temporarily

Farm Service Agency offices have reopened temporarily to offer limited services to farmers and ranchers, the federal government announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recalled about 2,500 FSA employees to open offices today and …

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Public interview process for next state Supreme Court justice is set

The State Judicial Nominating Commission will meet Jan. 30 to begin winnowing applications to fill a vacancy that occurred when Justice Daryl Hecht retired Dec. 13. Nineteen Iowans have applied for the job. The public interview …

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Axne to serve on House agriculture committee following King’s removal

Des Moines Register: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, a Des Moines Democrat, has been appointed to serve on the House Agriculture Committee, making her the lone Iowa representative to do so this year. Axne’s appointment comes after …

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Vogel elected chief judge of Iowa Court of Appeals

The nine-member Iowa Court of Appeals has elected Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel of Spirit Lake as chief judge. Vogel has served on the Court of Appeals since 1996. She is the ninth chief judge since …

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Reynolds recommends regents’ funding request in full

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: For the first time in a couple of challenging years scarred by midyear funding cuts and below-par appropriations, Iowa’s governor is recommending the state’s public universities receive all the money they’re requesting for …

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Revenue department releases updated state tax reform guidance

The Iowa Department of Revenue has released additional guidance on two common tax deductions that have changed due to the state tax reform measure signed into law in May 2018. The revised guidance applies to …

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Before the Iowa Legislature convened on Jan. 14, Business Record Editor Suzanne Behnke and Managing Editor Perry Beeman interviewed Gov. Kim Reynolds, now elected to her first full term as governor, in her formal office …

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Reynolds calls for more spending on workforce, STEM, broadband

Gov. Kim Reynolds today called for increased spending on workforce housing tax credits, STEM and broadband services in rural areas, among a handful of business topics she addressed.

Here’s a rundown, topic by topic. You …