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Fareway tests meat market concept

Des Moines Register: Fareway Stores Inc. is capitalizing on what it does best: meat. The Boone-based grocery store chain known for thick steaks and hearty chops will open its first Fareway Meat Market on May 26 …
By BPC Staff | May 18, 2016
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Iowa gas tax reduced 1 cent as program ends

Quad-City Times: A little more than a year ago, Iowa raised its state gas tax by 10 cents. On Monday, the state lopped off a penny. Gov. Terry Branstad signed into law a bill that repeals …
By BPC Staff | May 17, 2016
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28-story high-rise gets Cedar Rapids staff support

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A city panel is recommending a proposal for the tallest building ever in Cedar Rapids — a 28-story, $103 million tower — for a vacant plot in downtown. One Park Place, with a …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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Iowa’s judicial system faces possible cuts

Quad-City Times: Woodbury County’s drug court has succeeded in its goal of getting some drug offenders through the rehabilitation program, thus keeping them out of jail. It would be “devastating” if the program suffered any cuts …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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Wellmark to enter Iowa health insurance exchange with new plans

Cedar Rapids Gazette: After years of sitting back and watching how things would unfold, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield — the state’s dominant insurer — will enter the Iowa exchange, selling subsidy-eligible plans. But the …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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Dubuque airport terminal to debut ahead of schedule, under budget

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Dubuque Regional Airport’s new airline terminal is ready for its public debut, six months ahead of schedule and about $3 million under budget. A grand opening will be held June 9. Ground was …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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University of Iowa president challenges, cautions graduates

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The more than 4,900 University of Iowa students graduating this week are entering the world and workforce at “an unnerving moment,” UI President Bruce Harreld wrote in a graduation message to the campus …
By BPC Staff | May 16, 2016
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Pipeline company petitions IUB to begin work next week

Newton Daily News: Dakota Access LLC — the subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners that is developing the Dakota Access Pipeline — is seeking permission from the Iowa Utilities Board to begin construction as early as …
By BPC Staff | May 12, 2016
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AEGON reports lower quarterly profit

The Gazette: Volatile financial markets had a negative effect on first-quarter net income for AEGON, the Netherlands-based corporate parent of Transamerica in Cedar Rapids. The multinational life-insurance, pensions and asset-management company on Thursday posted a net …
By BPC Staff | May 12, 2016
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Former attorneys general, judges allege injustice in Rubashkin case

Des Moines Register: Prosecutors used disturbing tactics that secured a 27-year prison sentence for Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin, according to a letter signed by more than 100 former U.S. attorneys general, judges and others. …
By BPC Staff | May 12, 2016
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