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Postal Service workers in Iowa picket to protest job cuts

U.S. Postal Service workers have taken to the sidewalks to protest job cuts at Des Moines’ main post office and other postal facilities across the country. About 100 people, consisting of postal workers, customers, teachers …

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Smithson buys Legends spot on Court Avenue

Des Moines Register: Legends American Grill in downtown Des Moines closed Sunday after 12 years on Court Avenue. The new owner is longtime Court Avenue businessman Larry Smithson, according to son Jason Smithson. Larry Smithson was …

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Hy-Vee converts some of its full-service Market Grille restaurants into express eateries

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee Inc. is pulling back on its chainwide full-service restaurants and is in the process of converting several of its Market Grille locations to self-service eateries. Customers will order and pay at a …

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Des Moines explosives supplier makes two acquisitions

Des Moines-based Quick Supply Co. announced that it made two acquisitions at the end of October, expanding the geographic reach of its affiliates in the explosives distribution market. The first transaction was the purchase of …

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Blum looks to keep historic tax credits in reform package

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, a Dubuque businessman, joined a bipartisan group of 34 House members who want to keep federal historic tax credits in the tax code. Blum said he’s reached out three …

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AmeriHealth to lay off 400 in Iowa after ending state Medicaid contract

Radio Iowa: The company that’s ending its contract with the state to manage care for more than 200,000 Iowa Medicaid patients is laying off hundreds of employees. AmeriHealth Caritas has notified the Iowa Workforce Development agency …

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Gender pay gap larger among Iowa university administrators, data show

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Female administrators at Iowa’s public universities made 66 percent of what their male counterparts were paid last year — an even larger chasm than Iowa’s overall gender pay gap of 77 cents on …

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Iowan Clovis withdraws nomination for federal post amid Russia probe

Sioux City Journal: Sam Clovis, a northwest Iowan who has been questioned in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged meddling by Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign, today withdrew his nomination to a …

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Iowa 80 Truckstop launches $10M expansion

Quad-City Times: The Iowa 80 Truckstop, hailed as the world’s largest truckstop, is getting even bigger. Construction is underway on a $10 million expansion and remodeling project at the Walcott truckstop, owned by the Iowa 80 …

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Judge: Regents did not violate Iowa law when they met privately with Harreld

Des Moines Register: Members of the Iowa Board of Regents did not violate state law when they met privately with an applicant whom they later hired as president of the University of Iowa, a Polk County …

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