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Polk County supervisors elect Connolly as chair

The Polk County Board of Supervisors did a lot of swearing in at its inaugural meeting of 2015. Angela Connolly was elected chairperson and Tom Hockensmith was elected vice chairperson. Connolly has served on the …

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15 Industry Trends for 2015

My environment is about to get a whole lot better. 

Sorry, Doug. As much as I want to give you credit, your prediction on real estate trends came a bit late for us. But I …

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Supreme Court to hear appeal in Branstad speeding SUV case

KCCI: The Iowa Supreme Court will hear an appeal in a lawsuit brought by an investigator who was fired after reporting Gov. Terry Branstad’s speeding SUV. The court this month granted former Division of Criminal Investigation …

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Candidates for Des Moines police chief narrowed to final four

Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders has narrowed the field of 18 applicants for the city’s police chief position to four. The final four are Michael Davis, police chief of Northeastern University in Boston; Allen …

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Afternoon Business Headlines

Russia slashing vodka prices as its economy reels

CNNMoney: The Russian economy is in a tailspin, but hey, its vodka is about to get cheaper! The state agency that regulates the alcohol market said this month that it will …

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Des Moines hires new public works director

The city of Des Moines has hired Jonathan Gano from Springfield, Mo., as its new public works director, according to a release today. He replaces current public works director, Pat Kozitza, who officially retires today.…

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Miller files lawsuit over alleged violations of Iowa’s One Call law

Attorney General Tom Miller Monday filed seven lawsuits in six counties over alleged violations of Iowa’s One Call law.  The suits involve excavations in Linn, Palo Alto, Jasper, Woodbury, Franklin and Pottawattamie counties. All seven …

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Corporate and personal income taxes open for debate

Let’s talk taxes.

Though the Iowa Legislature took a big leap over the decades-old property tax hurdle in 2013, there are some folks who believe 2014 is a good time to at least begin the …

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Is Berkshire Hathaway ‘systemically important’?

Regulators are starting to scrutinize Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to determine whether the Omaha-based conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett is important enough to the financial system to require Federal Reserve supervision, according to two people with…
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Law enforcement asked for information on 320,000 Verizon customers last year

Verizon Communications Inc., publishing its first annual report on law-enforcement requests for customer information, said it received 320,000 inquiries from federal, state and local authorities in the U.S. last year, Bloomberg reported. Of the requests, …