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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 …

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CCI demands meetings with candidates

More than two dozen members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
(CCI) showed up unannounced at the Des Moines presidential campaign offices of
Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama on Thursday and demanded …

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Northey to lead national group

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has been elected to serve as president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) for 2011/12.

The election took place at the organization’s recent annual meeting …

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Bass Pro accused of discrimination in hiring

A government lawsuit filed yesterday claims that Bass Pro Shops discriminate in hiring practices, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit that alleges that Bass Pro managers repeatedly refused …

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IRS offers tax relief for reclassification of workers

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday launched a new program designed to enable many employers to resolve past worker classification issues and achieve certainty under the tax law at a low cost by reclassifying their …