Government Policy and Law

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will hold the May installment of its Caucus & Community event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Eastview Building at Norwalk Schools, 1600 North Ave.

The event will …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress today he would start tapping into federal pension funds to free up borrowing capacity as the nation hits the $14.294 trillion legal limit on its debt, Reuters reported.…

The Obama administration has proposed cyber security legislation to improve protection for individuals and the federal government, BusinessInsurance.com reported. The measure, which would include national data-breach reporting, voluntary government assistance and penalties for computer criminals, …

Sen. Chuck Grassley, who spoke during a breakfast meeting this morning with Greater Des Moines Partnership members in Washington, D.C., told the Business Record that he’d like to see Congress vote on a constitutional amendment …

President Barack Obama urged businesses to “step up” and hire workers, pressing banks and other corporations to do more to help an economy that he said would take “several years” to recover fully, Reuters reported.…

The Greater Des Moines Partnership’s 2011 trip to Washington, D.C., begins Wednesday, and transportation figures to be a big concern of participants, Senior Vice President of Public Policy Jay Byers told the Business Record last …

Potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney will kick-off the 2012 Presidential Candidate Series with an event to be held May 27 from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the State Historical Building in downtown Des Moines. The …

Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said the United States will be in “tough shape” if a bipartisan group of six senators – the so-called Gang of Six – fails to work out a debt-reduction compromise, …

Restoration Ingersoll will ask the Des Moines City Council tonight to authorize research and eventual designation of a tax increment finance district for Ingersoll Avenue. Among other things, tax increment financing would accelerate infrastructure improvements …

The Iowa Supreme Court this morning reversed a Warren County District Court judgment that would have lowered street assessments for a group of Indianola residents by thousands of dollars. In their decision, the justices affirmed …