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UI raises possibility of broader Children’s Hospital window replacement

Cedar Rapids Gazette: In assessing the scope of faulty windows the University of Iowa discovered were installed in the $392.7 million Stead Family Children’s Hospital five years ago, officials have decided to at least replace every …

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Wakonda Club, other restaurants ask court to hold insurers liable for COVID losses

Des Moines Register: Two cases before the Iowa Supreme Court could decide whether Iowa restaurateurs are in line for millions of dollars to compensate them for business lost in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. …

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Iowa offers refugees free commercial driver’s license classes

Axios Des Moines: Refugees in Iowa are being offered free commercial driver’s license classes under a new program launched this month, a spokesperson for Iowa’s Department of Human Services said. It could be a win/win. Demand …

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Opposition to carbon pipeline triggers flood of comments

Des Moines Register: The first carbon capture pipeline proposal to make its way to Iowa regulators is drawing more early opposition in the state than the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, which grabbed national attention in …

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Defense equipment workers go on strike in Davenport

Quad Cities Regional Business Journal: Hundreds of members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Local 388 and 1199 at Eaton Corp.-Cobham Mission Systems in Davenport are on strike after rejecting a new contract. There …

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About half of Iowa’s assessed waterways listed as impaired in biennial DNR report

Des Moines Register: About half of Iowa’s waterways assessed over the past five years are considered impaired, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Friday. The report, updated every two years, shows 751 rivers, streams, lakes, …

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103-year-old Sherman Hill building could be home to new brewery, restaurant

Des Moines Register: A 103-year-old historic building in Des Moines’ Sherman Hill neighborhood may soon be home to a new restaurant and brewery. That would bring to three the number of breweries in the neighborhood, which …

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103-year-old Sherman Hill building could be home to new brewery, restaurant

Des Moines Register: A 103-year-old historic building in Des Moines’ Sherman Hill neighborhood may soon be home to a new restaurant and brewery. That would bring to three the number of breweries in the neighborhood, which …

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Iowa Supreme Court won’t weigh in on challenge to long-expired COVID-19 bar closures

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Supreme Court said today that it won’t weigh in on emergency actions Gov. Kim Reynolds took early in the pandemic, noting Reynolds has now backed away from measures she once supported. The …

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DM contractor to pay $125,000 for misclassifying workers, failing to pay overtime

Des Moines Register: A Des Moines contractor will pay about $125,000 after federal investigators accused the company of misclassifying workers and failing to pay them overtime. In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor, AJ …