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COVID-19 testing company ran unlicensed centers in Iowa

Des Moines Register: An Illinois-based company accused of mishandling hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests conducted around the country, as well as providing inaccurate or fraudulent negative results, operated three unlicensed testing sites in Iowa. The …
By BPC Staff | Feb 15, 2022
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Farmland values in district that includes Iowa jump by 22% in 2021

Quad-City Times: Farmland values increased by 22% in the Seventh Federal Reserve District in 2021, according to the Agricultural Newsletter issued Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Farmland values increased 7% in the fourth …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2022
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Bipartisan plan to protect mobile home park residents clears House panel

Radio Iowa: Iowa Lawmakers working for the past few years on legislation to protect mobile home residents from being priced off the properties have reached a bipartisan compromise. Republican Rep. Brian Lohse of Bondurant said the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2022
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Some Des Moines metro school districts can only fill half of absences

Axios Des Moines: Des Moines metro school districts are facing record high teacher and staff absences — and on some days, they’re only able to get 50% of those vacancies filled by substitutes, according to data …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2022
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Iowa ordered to pay $2 million to union for uncollected union dues, unpaid overtime

Des Moines Register: A judge has ordered the state to pay about $2 million for failing to uphold a labor contract that a union representing state workers rushed through just before Republican lawmakers changed Iowa’s labor …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2022
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Siemens Gamesa lays off turbine workers in Iowa, Kansas

Associated Press: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Inc. plans to lay off workers in Iowa and Kansas because of a reduction in orders for commercial wind turbines. The company, which manufactures wind turbines, announced Wednesday that 121 …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2022
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State looking at selling off Honey Creek Resort

Radio Iowa: The Iowa DNR is going to seek an appraisal and consider the sale of the Honey Creek Resort near Moravia. The contract with the management group that runs the state-owned resort is set to …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2022
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Iowa’s new anti-vaccine-mandate bill clears its first legislative test in hourslong hearing

Des Moines Register: Opponents of vaccination mandates crowded into a Capitol meeting room Thursday for several hours to support a bill that would widely ban vaccination and mask mandates at businesses, governmental entities and schools. The …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2022
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North Liberty Leader newspaper shuts down

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The final edition of the weekly North Liberty Leader was published today. Bob Woodward of Woodward Communications, which publishes the paper, said some of the factors that led to the decision was the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2022
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Layoffs announced as Iowa’s last greyhound track prepares to close in May

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s last surviving greyhound racing track gave the state notice this month that it intends to lay off 58 employees by May 15 — marking the end of an era after a final, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2022
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