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Des Moines developers eager to jump on new workforce housing funding

Des Moines Register: Des Moines-based developers are ready to jump on new state funding that helps drive down the cost of construction — and therefore, monthly rent — and make housing more affordable for the state’s …

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Barr, Des Moines’ civil, human rights director, leaving post

Joshua Barr, the city of Des Moines’ civil and human rights director, is stepping down from the position that he has held for the past six years. A release said that Barr is leaving the …

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Polk County Housing Trust Fund urges reallocation of unused federal funds to stem evictions

With no formal fundraising campaign to spur them, a number of prominent Greater Des Moines companies and residents have nonetheless donated more than a half-million dollars to the Polk County Housing Trust Fund in recent …

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Iowa has given out only 2% of rent aid, will forgo more federal funds

Des Moines Register: Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham says she takes full responsibility for launching too early a program that was supposed to provide immediate emergency rental and utility assistance to Iowans affected by the …

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Iowa part of new antitrust lawsuit against Google over its Android app store

Politico: A group of 36 states and Washington, D.C., sued Google on Wednesday in an antitrust case challenging the company’s control over its Android app store — opening a new front in regulators’ attempts to rein …

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Iowa, 14 other states reach deal with Purdue Pharma, moving toward opioid settlement

New York Times: Fifteen states, including Iowa, have reached an agreement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, that would pave the way toward a $4.5 billion settlement of thousands of opioid cases. …

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Next steps for ambitious Des Moines-area projects

The easy part of attempting to secure state tax revenue through the Iowa Reinvestment Act program is done: submitting the preapplication and gaining approval.

Now comes the hard part.

“You’re dealing with a lot of …

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Johnston’s Sandvig retires after 26 years with city’s building department

Doug Sandvig, who had worked for the city of Johnston for 26 years, has retired. Sandvig began working for Johnston in 1995 when the city had 6,100 residents. He was the city’s first full-time building …

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$6M judgment against Iowa nursing home over 2017 death may be state’s largest

Des Moines Register: In what may be the largest-ever sum awarded in an Iowa nursing home negligence case, a northern Iowa facility has been ordered to pay $6 million to the family of a former resident …

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Des Moines forces Sweet Tooth Farms to relocate from north-side lots

Des Moines Register: Come 2022, Monika Owczarski won’t be able to farm anymore on the plot of land she leases from the city of Des Moines in the north-side River Bend neighborhood. The city recently gave notice that …

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