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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 …
The Des Moines Park and Recreation Department will have an informational meeting regarding the development of a regional dog park at 6:30 p.m. March 3 in the Jackson Elementary School gymnasium, 3825 Indianola Ave. For …
A bipartisan group of six senators is trying to forge an agreement on how to bring down the U.S. government deficit, according to Bloomberg.
The group is discussing a trigger mechanism where spending cuts and …
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a pointed rebuttal on Friday to foreign critics who say the U.S. central bank’s easy-money policies are causing inflation and asset bubbles abroad, according to The Wall Street Journal.…
The discussion about the growing debt at all levels of government has really stretched its wings lately. The latest headlines indicate that policy-makers are developing ways by which states may extricate themselves from burdensome financial …
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds has been appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to chair the Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates’ (iJAG) board of directors. Established in 1999, iJAG works to help Iowa high school students who …
Russell Coco pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges resulting from the illegal removal of asbestos during a renovation of the Equitable Building, 604 Locust St. Coco worked on the project with real estate developer Bob Knapp, …
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) said that cutting Iowans’ personal income taxes by 20 percent would “help jump-start economic activity by job creators.” The association, whose corporate members employ more than 300,000 …
President Barack Obama said at a news conference today that he will again push for corporate tax increases that Congress failed to enact in the past, Bloomberg reported.
His reasoning: “I continue to believe I’m …
Officials from the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) and Iowa’s pork and beef industries are taking part in a trade mission to Mexico this week, aiming to expand Iowa meat exports there.
In the …
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