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Gov. Terry Branstad will sign an executive order requiring a jobs impact statement for new government rules and regulations. “Executive Order 71 will ensure that state government’s eyes are affixed on job creation, retention and …
The price of oil hovered above the $103 a barrel range today as investors continue to worry about potential supply disruptions in North Africa and the Middle East, CNNMoney.com reported.
West Texas intermediate, the primary …
The Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll found that 70 percent of Iowans oppose an increase in the gasoline tax. That’s not surprising. Nobody likes higher taxes, and our car-based society is especially sensitive to the …
I’m the publisher of an Iowa daily newspaper. A corporation owns my newspaper, and my corporate owners do not live in my city. Consequently, I regularly send them financial and operational information so they can …
The federal stimulus act has contractors looking over their shoulders when it comes to hiring workers.
“A lot of these contractors jumped into the money feet first without looking before they leaped,” said Bryan May, …
The White House and congressional leaders are set to meet Thursday to try to begin narrowing a partisan divide over the U.S. budget, according to Reuters.
The opening round of negotiations aimed at setting funding …
Congress approved a budget bill that will prevent a government shutdown for now while lawmakers negotiate over Republican demands to further cut federal spending this year, Bloomberg reported.
The Senate voted 91-9 to send President …
President Barack Obama on Tuesday appointed Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as co-chairman of the Council of Governors.
The council was established by the National Defense Authorization Act in 2008 to strengthen the partnership between the …
Gov. Terry Branstad on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Penny Westfall as director of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. Her resignation will be effective April 1.…
Budget-cutting Republicans pressured President Barack Obama and Democrats to accept a proposal to trim $4 billion of federal spending over the next two weeks by eliminating programs that Obama has also targeted, in an effort …
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