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Audit: Privatized Medicaid is saving Iowa $126 million per year

Des Moines Register: After two years of releasing seesaw estimates, Iowa Medicaid leaders are correctly calculating how much the state is saving by having private companies manage the $5 billion Medicaid program, the state auditor concluded …

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City incentives outlined for Drake-area hotel

The Des Moines City Council has approved a preliminary development agreement with Nelson Construction & Development for a $27 million hotel and retail project in a parking lot formerly owned by Drake University at 26th …

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End of the line for Urbandale pallet shack

The Urban Loop development area in Urbandale is about to lose an eyesore and, maybe, the colorful character who ran a pallet business from the raggedy structure.

Chipp Manders is a man who has been on …

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New Iowa House minority leader says it’s an ‘all-Iowa’ job

Radio Iowa: Democrats who will be serving in the Iowa House next year met Saturday and elected State Rep. Todd Prichard of Charles City as their new leader. “The message was unity,” Prichard said after the …

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Trump, McConnell: Farm bill needs to pass in lame-duck session

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed passing the farm bill as a priority in Congress’ brief post-election session — seen as a long shot by some analysts, Successful Farming reported. 

The president continues…
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Grassley leaving Senate judiciary committee chairmanship to head finance committee

Quad-City Times: Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has chosen to step away from his role as chairman of the upper chamber’s judiciary committee, saying he plans to instead take the helm of the finance …

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Mega-jackpots boost state lottery, but Iowa AG office warns of ‘perilous’ budget crisis

Two recent mega-jackpots put the Iowa Lottery almost a month ahead of where revenue normally sits, but the Iowa Department of Justice is facing a “perilous” budget line after years of flat funding and cuts, …

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Revenue department releases new tax withholding tables

The Iowa Department of Revenue has issued new income tax withholding tables for 2019 to better align with the state tax cut signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds earlier this year. The new tables reduce the …

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Danilson plans retirement as chief judge of state appellate court

Iowa Court of Appeals Chief Judge David Danilson of Pleasant Hill will retire Jan. 4 after a decade as an appellate court judge and more than 30 years as a jurist, according to a release. …

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Minburn Communications receives a second federal grant for revolving loan fundMinburn Communications receives a second federal grant for revolving loan fund

Minburn Communications has received a $300,000 economic development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will be used to sweeten a revolving loan that has been used so far to help finance projects in …