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Polk County lowers its property tax levy for 2022-23 after budget approval

Des Moines Register: Polk County homeowners will see a 5% reduction in their property tax levy under a budget the county supervisors approved Tuesday. Starting July 1, urban Polk County residents will pay $6.77 per $1,000 …

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Business-related legal trends to watch

The Business Record reached out to five Des Moines-area attorneys and asked them to take a few minutes to answer two questions about business-related legal trends and issues.

 

The attorneys are:


John Fatino, a …

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Iowa Senate passes school radon testing and mitigation act

The Iowa Senate today passed HF 2412, the Gail Orcutt School Radon Safety Act, which would require all Iowa public schools to test their attendance centers for radon and if necessary, mitigate radon in their schools. …

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National Democrats voice support for plan that could bump down Iowa caucuses

Des Moines Register: At a virtual meeting Monday, members of the Democratic National Committee expressed support for a plan to restructure the party’s presidential nominating calendar, possibly upending Iowa’s decadeslong role as the lead-off state. The …

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Urbandale moves forward with community recreation complex plans

The Urbandale City Council last week directed city staff to prepare preliminary plans for a community recreation complex on the southeast corner of Meredith Drive and 152nd Street in Walnut Creek Regional Park. “The Recreation Complex will …

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Supreme Court to hear pork producers’ challenge to California animal anti-cruelty law

Los Angeles Times: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to a California ballot measure that would force pork producers across the country to end “extreme methods” of confining breeding pigs. The justices …

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USDA releasing another round of grants for meat lockers

Radio Iowa: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing $23.6 million in a second round of grants for existing meat lockers, a department official said Friday during a visit to Iowa. The grants can be used …

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Iowa’s unemployment rate slips to 3.5% in February

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 3.5%, down slightly from January’s rate of 3.7%, according to Iowa Workforce Development. The total number of unemployed Iowans fell to 59,400 in February, down 3,300 from the …

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WDM gets Iowa’s only Google Fiber office, giving access to fast fiber-optic internet

Des Moines Register: Google Fiber opened its only Iowa office and retail space in Valley Junction Thursday to welcome its first customers to its ultra-fast network. West Des Moines is one of 17 metro areas …

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Renderings released of proposed north-side rec center

Architectural renderings of a proposed North Side Community Recreation Center at Ninth Street and College Avenue were unveiled Thursday at a community meeting. The rendering above is of the large gymnasium and elevated track. More …