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Meter bagging ceremony today to promote a walkable downtown D.M.

The city of Des Moines will launch its experiment today with unrestricted parking on a few downtown streets. In an effort to promote business activity and enhance walkability, the city will bag meters on Locust, …

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Stowe cites need for regulations in ‘water crisis,’ others support voluntary action

     The Iowa Partnership for Clean Water called a diverse panel together Wednesday in an attempt to start a civil discussion about how to resolve the issues around Des Moines Water Works’ federal nitrate-pollution…
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DOT employees test mobile app driver licenses

Iowa Department of Transportation employees are testing a system that allows them to use their mobile phones to display their driver licenses. The software is from MorphoTrust USA. The DOT had announced earlier it hopes …

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Former Branstad chief of staff Hinch joins lobbying group

Matt Hinch, former chief of staff for Gov. Terry Branstad and before that the head of government relations and public policy for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has joined the Des Moines office of government …

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Urbandale housing subject of public meeting

The city of Urbandale will launch the process of plotting its housing future during a public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Giovannetti Community Shelter at Walker Johnston Park, 8900 Douglas Ave. The session…
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Appeals court revives protections for home care workers

A federal appeals court today revived Obama administration regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to nearly 2 million home health care workers, U.S. News & World Report reported. The ruling was a victory for worker …

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Branstad names Johnson as legal counsel

The Branstad-Reynolds administration announced that Larry Johnson Jr. has been promoted to legal counsel to the governor and lieutenant governor. Johnson, who has worked as deputy legal counsel in the governor’s office since January 2011, …

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Volunteers needed to count bicyclists, walkers in Des Moines

Des Moines Parks and Recreation needs more than 100 volunteers to participate in the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project, which provides data that helps the city obtain grant funding for recreational trails and on-street …

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Event Sept. 10: Why should millennials care about property taxes, local government?

The Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa will host a Sept. 10 educational panel focusing on why millennials should care about local government and property taxes. The panel consists of three young Central Iowa leaders: Emily…
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D.M. wants to know whether it is meeting parks and recreation needs

Several thousand Des Moines residents should expect to hear from the ETC Institute of Olathe, Kan., in the next few days as the company attempts to gauge citizen satisfaction with parks and recreational opportunities. The …