Government Policy and Law

The Obama administration has cut taxes for middle-class Americans, has watched the economy grow over the past two years and expects to make a profit on the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on bank …

The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $11 million in federal loans to help Iowa residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations recover from the severe storms, flooding and tornados that occurred between June 1 …

The city of Des Moines has received $5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which will be used to install a new pump station at Southeast Fourth and Shaw streets …

Bruce Douglas, general manager of Adaptive Marketing, a subsidiary of Vertrue Inc., testified in a Polk County District Court hearing on Tuesday.

Polk County District Judge Robert Hutchison ruled in March that Vertrue and subsidies …

Overland Park, Kan.-based Ferrellgas Inc. Iowa’s largest liquid petroleum gas distributor, signed an agreement with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller on Wednesday to provide future customers with a clear pricing summary sheet.

The sheet will …

Employers are starting to warn their workers to prepare for slimmer paychecks if Congress fails to approve an extension of Bush-era tax cuts, Bloomberg reported.

“I’ve been doing payroll for probably close to 30 years …

The Des Moines City Council will be asked today to spend up to $4.5 million in tax increment financing funds to help cover the estimated $45 million renovation of the former Younkers department store building …

The current political climate, like all political climates, is analyzed in broad terms. We’re told that it was spawned by anger about spending and taxes, determination to change course, philosophical differences about moral issues.

As …

Peoples Trust & Savings Bank should call in a $4.4 million loan to a company controlled by developer Bob Knapp, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Des Moines.

American State Bank …