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May named judge in state court district serving Polk County

  David May Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed David May as judge in Judicial District 5C, which consists of Polk County. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Robert Hutchison.   May, 44,…
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May named judge in state court district serving Polk County

  David May Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed David May as judge in Judicial District 5C, which consists of Polk County. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Robert Hutchison.   May, 44,…
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How will Iowa be affected by market turmoil in China?

To shake things up this year, our newsroom brainstormed a list of key questions that we thought business people should know the answers to in order to do business better in 2016. Then we went…
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Judge schedules 40 trials a year to settle 3,550 DuPoint lawsuits

DuPont Co. will face 40 trials a year starting April 2017 involving plaintiffs who say they developed cancer from a toxic chemical used to make Teflon that leaked from one of the company’s plants in …

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2016 Economic Forecast

We wanted to change things up a bit this year in our economic forecast issue. Typically, we have our staff talk to a few economists and put together a summary story that tries to give …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Threats

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Here are 13 threats to the …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Leader forecast

This is the fifth year we’ve asked the same question to the same audience, and although it’s an unscientific survey, one clear trend emerges from it: Hesitant optimism over the past four years has certainly …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Survey responses

We asked: What will the impact be of the economy on your particular industry?

Culture
Improve dramatically

Economic development is only possible on a large scale if we invest in quality of life in order to …

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AG warns against perennial tax scam

Now that it’s tax filing season, Attorney General Tom Miller is again warning Iowans about a recurring telephone tax scam.
The scam involves live callers or robocalls purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service regarding supposed…
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AG warns against perennial tax scam

Now that it’s tax filing season, Attorney General Tom Miller is again warning Iowans about a recurring telephone tax scam.
The scam involves live callers or robocalls purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service regarding supposed…