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Lawyers recognized for their work in employment and environmental law

Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named two Ahlers & Cooney P.C. attorneys as 2012 Best Lawyers in Des Moines for their respective areas of practice. Elizabeth Gregg Kennedy received the …

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Post office reorganization topic of Partnership discussion

Des Moines Postmaster Deborah Woodrum will discuss the regional impact of the proposed reorganization of the U.S. Postal Service from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, 700 Locust St., …

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Durham: Dump film tax credits

Durham: Dump film tax credits Debi Durham, director of the reconfigured Iowa Economic Development Authority, said she would like to see the state get rid of the film tax credit program that has been suspended…
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New economic board elects leaders

New economic board elects leaders The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board of directors on Thursday elected John Lisle of Clarinda as chair and David Bernstein of Sioux City as vice chair. Both Lisle and…
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Environmental groups address Congress

The Iowa Environmental Council and 55 other policy and advocacy organizations called on Congress to observe basic conservation principles in agriculture legislation, in a document released by the American Farmland Trust.

The coalition of national, …

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Iowa Economic Development Authority gets grant to expand export markets

The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded the Iowa Economic Development Authority a $370,258 federal grant to expand the state’s export markets.

Through the grants, the SBA aims to increase the number of small businesses that …

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Boswell to hold small business roundtables

Congressman Leonard Boswell will hold two roundtable discussions with small business owners on Friday in Des Moines and West Des Moines with representatives from the Small Business Administration, SCORE and Iowans for Social and Economic …

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Sivyer Steel Corp. to pay civil penalty

Bettendorf-based Sivyer Steel Corp. has agreed to pay a $54,786 civil penalty and clean up residual used oil that may have leaked from its storage tanks.

The payment is part of a settlement with Environmental …

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S&P under federal scrutiny for packaged debt deal

Regulators may charge Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC with violating federal securities laws when it gave top ratings in 2007 to a repackaged mortgage bond that soon tanked, Reuters reported.

A U.S. Securities and …

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HUD sends $1 million to Iowa

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Iowa $1.1 million to help public housing agencies to retain or hire service coordinators to work directly with families who participate in HUD’s Housing Choice …