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Behavioral problems rise after D.M. schools drop police officers

Axios Des Moines: Student behavioral problems at Des Moines schools have reached a fever pitch this year, staff, parents and police told Axios in interviews over the last month. Des Moines Public Schools is one of …

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Hedge fund loses lawsuit in Lee Enterprises takeover fight

Associated Press: A judge has cleared the way for newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises to use a voting system that will ensure two longtime directors are reelected at next month’s annual meeting despite the objections of a …

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Treasury Department to host virtual roundtable on climate-transition financing

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will host a virtual roundtable, “The Climate Transition: Federal Policy and State and Local Government Best Practices,” on Thursday, March 3. The roundtable, co-hosted by the Treasury …

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Drug distributors, J&J commit to $26B opioid agreement; Iowa gets $174M over 18 years

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson. Following successful state sign-on and …

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Takeaways from a civil discourse on Iowa’s state tax-cut proposals

“Tax competitiveness really matters” across states, according to a state tax policy expert with the Tax Foundation, who earlier this week said that tax reduction proposals in Iowa may not go far enough compared with …

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House, Senate approve amended tax reform package, bill awaits governor’s signature

A compromise tax reform package that will create a 3.9% flat individual income tax, eliminate state taxes on retirement income and lower the state’s corporate tax rate was approved by the Iowa Legislature Thursday and …

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3.9% flat income tax result of Iowa GOP leaders’ negotiations

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Most Iowa workers would pay a flat 3.9% state income tax — a large reduction for the state’s highest wage earners and a modest decrease for low-income workers — under a new proposal …

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Dickinson law offers free legal seminars

Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen PC is offering two free, in-person legal seminars in 2022. “Moving On,” the firm’s annual employment law seminar, will be from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 19 at the …

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First funnel has passed: What’s moving forward at the Statehouse

With the Iowa Legislature now in its seventh week and the first funnel day behind us, the Business Record wanted to take a look at what remains on the table this session. To make it …

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Legal action threatened if zoning is changed to allow golf entertainment venue

Local developer Paul Cownie is partnering with a North Dakota group to bring Suite Shots, a golf entertainment facility, to West Des Moines. Some homeowners who live in Glen Oaks, a gated community about a …