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DHS announces winning Medicaid managed care organizations

The Iowa Department of Human Services has issued a notice of intent to award contracts to four bidders for Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid Modernization initiative. The bidders announced Monday are Amerigroup Iowa Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas …

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Branstad to hold education/workforce roundtables

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday announced they will launch a series of roundtable meetings across the state to focus on ways to better align education and workforce initiatives to close…
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Chesser named to national immigration legal organization

Lori Chesser, a senior shareholder at Davis Brown law firm and chairwoman of its immigration department, has been elected to the National Consortium of Immigration Law Firms. Chesser has practiced immigration law in Des Moines …

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Andrea Hauer: ‘Lucky to have her’


To Andrea Hauer, Watson Powell Jr. Parkway in downtown Des Moines would forever be Keosauqua Way. That’s the way it was in the long ago, and for Hauer, who helped plan for the future of …

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Federal jury awards $12 million in sexual harassment case

A federal jury has handed down an $11.9 million verdict in favor of an Indianola woman who said she was called a “whore” and other vulgar names while an employee of a Chinese-owned toy distribution …

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Santorum to speak in Des Moines on Sept. 22

The 2016 Iowa Caucus Consortium will host former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, who will speak at the Caucus Candidate Forum Series on Sept. 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the State Historical Building. …

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Paulsen to step down as speaker of Iowa House

Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen announced Wednesday that he will step down as speaker of the House and will not seek re-election in 2016, The Des Moines Register reports. Although he will continue to act …

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Feds may have to write off CoOportunity loans

The federal government may be out more than $140 million in loans it made to the failed CoOportunity Health, according to a court filing made on Friday, the Des Moines Register reported. The company’s debts also include …

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Pate named to lead national business services committee

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has been appointed co-chairman of the National Association of Secretaries of State’s Standing Committee on Business Services, along with Delaware Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock. Each of the organization’s …

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Waukee hires new marketing and communications director

Summer Evans, former marketing manager for Des Moines Performing Arts, will be the new marketing and communications director for the city of Waukee. Evans, who also worked as a communications specialist for the Iowa Association …