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Ankeny looking for ways to close debt service gap

The Ankeny City Council created an ad hoc committee during its meeting on Monday evening to address the best way the city can generate more revenue to close its debt service gap.

The city had …

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Chambers ranks area law firms

Chambers and Partners has released its annual rankings of law firms in various areas.

The annual guide ranks firms on a scale from 1 to 6, and is used by many industry professionals to find …

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Branstad announces details of Skilled Iowa Initiative

Gov. Terry Branstad yesterday announced the Skilled Iowa Initiative, a program that is designed to help employers better hire skilled workers and allows workers internship opportunities.

The Initiative will have job seekers take Iowa’s National …

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Law school graduates face tough job market

Recent law school graduates are facing tougher odds finding a job as the overall employment rate for new law school graduates sits at 85.6 percent, the lowest it has been since 1994, according to findings …

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Branstad to announce Skilled Iowa Program

Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Workforce Development are launching a new initiative to create better opportunities for skilled workers.

Branstad and other Iowa officials will announce the program at 11 a.m. Monday at MidAmerican Energy …

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Initial jobless claims fell last week

The number of people applying for first-time unemployment benefits last week dropped from the previous week.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today that initial jobless claims dropped to 377,000, an improvement over the previous …

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Benefit raffle for Iowa National Guard

Hubbell Realty Co. will give away a John Deere lawn mower during the All American Home Show, with benefits going to the Iowa National Guard Officers Auxiliary.

The group is a nonprofit working to improve …

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CBO predicts U.S. debt could be twice GDP by 2037

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) called for “large and timely policy changes” on Tuesday after releasing a report showing that the U.S. debt will be almost two times the size of the nation’s economy…
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Cosimano elected president of legal services industry group

The general counsel for Des Moines-based legal insurance provider ARAG has been elected president of the American Prepaid Legal Service Institute (API).

ARAG’s Ann Cosimano will lead the group for the legal services plan industry. …

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Department of Revenue provides a glimpse of state economy in April

A drop in building permits and uncertainty about the farm economy led to a 0.2 percent dip in the Iowa Department of Revenue’s index of economic indicators for April.

The number of building permits issued …