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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: With election of female governor, it may be time to change ‘his’ constitution

With our first female elected governor, will Iowan legislators come together to change the male pronouns in our state constitution? Efforts to update language describing the office of the governor have popped up since 2003 …

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Barnums’ promotional items are humbug, Iowa AG suit says

The Iowa attorney general’s office has sued a Davenport resident, alleging that his businesses promised to create and distribute promotional items — including posters promoting high school sports teams — but instead defrauded small businesses across the …

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Iowa Let Major Medicaid Provider Keep $2.4M in Overpayments

U.S. News: After a major provider agreed to stay in Iowa’s troubled Medicaid program, state officials quietly let its hospitals and clinics keep $2.4 million in mistaken overpayments. UnityPoint Health threatened to quit Iowa’s Medicaid program …

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Iowa among 12 state AGs suing Indiana medical data company over breach

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is among a dozen state attorneys general that filed a lawsuit this week against a medical records company in connection with a 2015 data breach that put millions of patient …

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Iowa lieutenant governor selected as Hunt-Kean leadership fellow

Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg has been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows, an initiative of the Hunt Institute founded in 2001 by former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt. The institute is …

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Report: Open data formats would improve transparency, lower costs

State and local governments could improve transparency and help lower borrowing costs for public projects by publishing their comprehensive annual financial reports as open data, according to a new report from Ames-based Workiva and the …

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Clive seeking artist applications for temporary Art Along the Trail exhibit

The city of Clive is seeking artists to feature in a temporary exhibit Art Along the Trail, which will return for the eighth year to the Clive Greenbelt Trail and city parks from April to …

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Audit reveals improper payments by Waukee school administrators

Waukee school administrators have improperly used procurement cards, spent large sums of money on out-of-state retreats and violated district policies without consequences, according to an investigation by the state auditor, the Des Moines Register reported The report, released …

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Data breach hits drivers who paid Ames city parking tickets

A data breach could have compromised the payment information of 4,600 motorists who paid city-issued parking tickets in Ames — using a software application also implicated in at least 18 municipal breaches nationally since early …

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State revenue director resigns

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Courtney Kay-Decker, who has served as Iowa Revenue Department director since 2011, announced she is stepping down to return to the private sector. Kay-Decker told employees in an email Monday she will resign …