Government Policy and Law

The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) board on Thursday approved assistance for several companies, including two Eastern Iowa businesses that are expanding and say they’ll create jobs, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

The …

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was scheduled to hold a White House Rural Forum at 10 a.m. this morning at the Iowa State Fair with business and community leaders, farmers, ranchers and tribal leaders.

The purpose …

The Iowa Department of Economic Development board today approved awards designed to create up to 256 jobs in the state, including incentives to Iowa companies in the targeted industries of manufacturing, biosciences, software development and …

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, The New York …

Three Federal Reserve officials are starting to speak out about why they disagree with Chairman Ben Bernanke on the central bank’s latest policy move, CNNMoney.com reported.

The Federal Reserve decided last Tuesday to leave interest …

Attorney General Tom Miller on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a Texas membership club, alleging that the company used unfair and deceptive sales tactics to charge Iowans monthly fees for unwanted and unused memberships. According …

President Barack Obama isn’t coming to Tuesday’s rural economic forum empty-handed.

Amid a flurry of new initiatives that don’t involve new federal spending, Obama will announce a set of job programs for rural areas recommended …

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) announced the approval of a State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI).

Under the Small Business Jobs Act signed into law last …

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against NASCAR, alleging that the company sent unsolicited text messages, Mobile Marketer Daily reported. The plaintiff in the case argues that she never asked to receive text messages from …

The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs, CNBC reported.

Rocked by the loss of mail to the Internet and the decline in advertising caused by the recession, the …