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It seems everybody made New Year’s resolutions in December, even Uncle Sam. The federal government’s came via the Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, otherwise known as “The Moment of Truth.” …
When Utah made its move to name an official state gun, that’s when I finally saw the light.
It was a big leap, because only a couple of weeks earlier, a different news item had …
The Polk-Des Moines Taxpayers Association, now 90 years old, was showing signs of wear. It had 300 members back in the 1970s and ’80s, according to organization president Marc Ward, but the website now lists …
Global food prices hit a record in January, and recent catastrophic weather around the world could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, Reuters reported.
Up for the seventh month in a …
A section of Third Street in downtown Des Moines from Walnut Street to Court Avenue will be closed to traffic on Saturday from approximately 5 a.m. to noon while a construction crane is set up …
U.S. farm income last year probably exceeded the 2004 record of $87.3 billion, according to Neil Harl, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University.
The United Nations reported that global food costs jumped 25 percent …
Gloomy weather isn’t just a pain to deal with. It’s also putting a slight damper on the economic recovery, according to Bloomberg.
Fortunately, an overall strengthening economy will make the lull temporary, economists say.
Sales …
Des Moines lost private sector jobs in 2010, but was one of the top gainers in the past 10 years among the 100-largest labor markets, according to information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics …
Companies are adding jobs, but the unemployment rate isn’t expected to reflect it, according to Bloomberg.
U.S. companies increased employment by 187,000 workers in January, according to figures released by Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) …
Iowa is far from the only place to get hit by Tuesday’s winter storm.
The storm has affected 30 states and a third of the nation’s population, according to Reuters. More than 300,000 customers from …
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