Government Policy and Law

The city of Des Moines’ Community Development Department will hold a pair of public meetings next week to present the city’s plan for a municipal service center to be built in the area of Southeast …

The Polk County Board of Supervisors will interview four finalists for the position of county administrator next week.

A public reception to meet the candidates will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on July …

President Barack Obama and congressional lawmakers met at the White House for the third time in as many days yesterday, working to break a logjam over taxes and spending cuts before the Aug. 2 deadline …

Sen. Tom Harkin today announced that 48 Iowa public housing agencies will receive a total of $5,049,415 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Capital Fund Program. The program provides for …

The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) has awarded $28.2 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to 86 communities across the state, the agency announced Monday. The federally funded grants will be used …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its “AAA” long-term rating to West Des Moines’ series 2011A general obligation bonds and series 2011B bond refunding capital loan notes. At the same time, the ratings firm affirmed …

The city of Des Moines is receiving high praise and recognition for excellence in its governmental accounting and financial reporting practices. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada is awarding the …

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) has renewed its contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer the federal agency’s Project-Based Section 8 rental assistance program.

The two-year contract, which is valued …

A federal agency has settled with Verizon Communications Inc. on a nationwide class disability discrimination lawsuit involving the company’s “no fault” attendance policies, Business Insurance reported.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which on Thursday …

Jack Gross will not get a new trial in a seven-year-old age discrimination case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court and back to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in Des …