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Gregg: Iowa income tax code is complicated, costly and outdated

Quad-City Times: The No. 2 executive in state government told an Iowa tax group Thursday the state’s income tax code is too complicated, too costly and in need of modernization to better address the demands and …

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IPERS’ unfunded pension liabilities rise to nearly $7 billion

Des Moines Register: The unfunded liability of Iowa’s largest public employees’ pension fund has increased to almost $7 billion amid recent actuarial changes that reflect lowered expectations for future investment gains, according to a report issued Thursday. …

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Iowa joins new legal challenge to California egg law

Washington Post: Iowa is one of 13 states that banded together Monday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space …

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Lee reports improved fourth quarter

Quad-City Times: Davenport-based media company Lee Enterprises Inc. today reported earnings of $3.5 million for its fourth quarter, or 6 cents per diluted common share, up from $700,000, or 1 cent per diluted common share, …

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Rust-Oleum acquires Iowa-based maker of specialty cleaning products

Crain’s Cleveland Business: Ohio-based RPM International Inc.’s Rust-Oleum business group has acquired Whink Products, an Eldora, Iowa-based maker of specialty cleaners. RPM said Whink is “the market share leader in the rust stain removal segment” of …

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Concern rises over dwindling number of veterinarians


Farmers and public health officials are growing increasingly concerned with a shortage of food animal veterinarians in Iowa and across the country, reported Radio Iowa. The number of farm animal vets is shrinking at a …

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Iowa leaders share mixed reactions to new ethanol, biodiesel levels

Des Moines Register: After battling efforts this fall to lower the renewable fuels mandate, Iowa political and industry leaders expressed mixed emotions with the new standard set for blending ethanol and biodiesel in the nation’s fuel …

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Status of Des Moines’ holiday flights unclear after American Airlines’ schedule glitch

Des Moines Register: The general manager of Des Moines International Airport says there’s no reason local travelers should get “shook up yet” after a scheduling goof put 15,000 holiday American Airline flights in jeopardy. A glitch …

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Hawkeye Hotels acquires, plans to rehab hotel in Davenport’s downtown riverfront area

Hawkeye Hotels Inc., a company active in Greater Des Moines hotel development, has bought the Radisson Quad-City Plaza in Davenport, which is connected by skywalks to the city’s RiverCenter and historic Adler Theater. The company, …

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Iowa’s sole medical-marijuana production company to be based in Des Moines

Des Moines Register: A new Des Moines company is expected to become Iowa’s first and only legal producer of medical marijuana products. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that it intends to issue a …