Government Policy and Law

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has released a list of how Iowa legislators voted on bills and amendments affecting Iowa’s business climate.

The ABI said that 56 members of the House of …

President Barack Obama is finalizing a jobs package that could include a program to refurbish school buildings nationwide and tax breaks to encourage firms to hire workers, Reuters reported.

The package, to be unveiled in …

The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that Google Inc. will pay $500 million to settle government charges that it has shown illegal ads for online Canadian pharmacies in the United States.

The fine, which the …

President Barack Obama’s administration plans to release final plans today for ending or cutting back hundreds of regulations in an effort to save businesses about $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Administration officials said …

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the ability of the Social Security disability fund to make payments may end in 2017, DailyFinance reported. The estimates depend to some extent on the economy. The CBO’s 2011 …

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 …