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Some call for changing name of George Flagg Parkway

Axios Des Moines: Several Des Moines residents are calling on the city to rename George Flagg Parkway over concerns about the namesake’s xenophobic stances and actions while serving on City Council, local civil rights advocate Kavya …

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2 Polk County supervisors move to secure their jobs under new redistricting map

Des Moines Register: Two of five Polk County supervisors — Tom Hockensmith and Robert Brownell — are moving to new homes in order to keep their jobs under a new redistricting map the board approved last …

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Prairie Meadows CEO gets $800,000 bonus

Axios Des Moines: Prairie Meadows CEO Gary Palmer received an $800,000 bonus last week, according to minutes of a special casino board meeting obtained by Axios. That’s in addition to his $641,000 base salary. Palmer told …

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3.7% unemployed in Iowa in January

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7% in January, down slightly from December’s revised rate of 3.9%, according to newly released information from Iowa Workforce Development.

January’s unemployment rate by county ranged from 2.7% in …

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Iowa investment company concealed conflicts of interest, SEC says

Des Moines Register: An Iowa-based investment firm failed to inform clients for years that it was steering their money into investments that generated extra money for the company but may not have been as advantageous to …

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Lee Enterprises directors reelected despite hedge fund fight

Associated Press: Three directors at newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises were reelected Thursday over the objections of a hedge fund that has been trying to buy the company since last fall. Lee said its chairman, CEO and …

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SkyWest to pull service from Mason City, Fort Dodge, Sioux City

Radio Iowa: Regional air carrier SkyWest Airlines announced it will pull its commercial service out of three Iowa airports. SkyWest gave the U.S. Department of Transportation a 90-day notice of intent to discontinue service to 29 …

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More than half of Iowans oppose plan to use public funds for private schools

Des Moines Register: More than half of Iowans now oppose using funds for public schools to help parents pay the costs of nonpublic schools or home schooling. A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found the …

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Developer behind $450 million Iowa beef processing plant asks state to kick in one-third

Des Moines Register: A company that plans to build a $450 million beef processing plant in western Iowa is asking Gov. Kim Reynolds to sink millions of federal pandemic recovery dollars into the project. Chad Tentinger, …

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Iowans sharply divided on banning transgender girls from female sports, Iowa Poll finds

Des Moines Register: Iowans’ opinions are split nearly evenly on a new state law that bans transgender girls and women from competing in female sports offered by Iowa’s schools, colleges and universities. Forty-six percent of Iowans …