Government Policy and Law

America’s economic recovery could be slowed by a dispute over benefits for public employees in Wisconsin and political unrest in Libya as state and federal governments cut spending, The Washington Post reported.

Though few economists …

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded a total of $112 million in tax credits to three Iowa-based organizations, including two in Greater Des Moines, that are expected to invest in rural and urban …

The Boeing Co. has been awarded an initial $3.5 billion contract to produce 18 aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force, CNNMoney.com reported.

The 10 percent down payment is part of an overall $35 …

The first six weeks of this session of the Iowa Legislature have been quiet on the business front.

Republicans took over the House of Representatives and promised good news for the business community. They vowed …

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced they will continue their series of town hall meetings as part of the “Jobs for Iowa” tour next week.

Branstad and Reynolds will visit Pella, Ottumwa …

Real estate developer Bob Knapp will plead guilty to federal charges stemming from asbestos removal at the Equitable Building, 604 Locust St., according to a document filed today by his attorney, William Kutmus.

Knapp was …

Rahm Emanuel, a top adviser to two U.S. presidents who returned to Chicago just months ago, swept into the mayor’s office Tuesday, inheriting a city reeling from recession and promising to reshape City Hall, the …

Peter Yu, the Kern family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University Law School, will teach diplomats and United Nations personnel about the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, focusing on the basic …

President Barack Obama’s budget proposal would be “marginally positive” for U.S. credit ratings in the short term, but there is “almost no chance” Congress will pass the plan as it was presented, Reuters said after …

Iowa State University has been awarded a $20 million federal grant for research focused on keeping Midwest cornfields productive in the face of future climate change. The five-year project will involve 42 scientists from nine …