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UI Hospitals and Clinics to seek regents approval for expansion plan

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will seek Board of Regents approval this week for a long-term plan to construct three buildings as part of a wider effort to modernize facilities and replace old infrastructure, …

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Iowa’s sports gambling explodes in popularity

Axios Des Moines: Iowans placed almost $1.25 billion in sports bets in the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to records published Friday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. That surpasses the …

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Iowa says it won’t enforce federal COVID vaccine-or-testing mandate for employers

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s labor commissioner said Friday that the state has submitted notice that it will not be adopting or enforcing the Biden administration’s vaccine and testing requirements for large employers. The state’s decision comes …

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Iowa Senate won’t allow journalists to work on chamber floor

Des Moines Register: Republican leaders in the Iowa Senate will no longer allow journalists to work at press benches in the Senate chamber, ending a tradition that has lasted more than a century. The GOP-majority Iowa …

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Iowa Leading Indicators Index increases in November

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased in November to 110.2 from a revised 109.7 in October. November’s 0.4% growth is the same as last month’s. The monthly diffusion index dropped in November to 68.8 from a …

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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack’s son joins pipeline company

Axios Des Moines: Jess Vilsack has taken a job as the general counsel of Summit Carbon Solutions, Mother Jones reports. The Ames-based company has proposed a $4.5 billion carbon capture pipeline project that would cross 30 …

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Farmers push back against proposed pipeline

Ames Tribune: For two and a half hours Thursday, officials with Texas-based Navigator CO2 Ventures fielded questions and heard comments from Story County residents on the multibillion-dollar pipeline they plan to bury across the county. The …

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Iowa starts 2022 with more than 20,000 new COVID cases, more than any week in 2021

Des Moines Register: Iowa has entered 2022 accumulating COVID-19 cases at a rate faster than it ever reached in 2021, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s weekly data release today. The state reported 20,075 …

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Former ‘newbo evolve’ festival officials face federal bank fraud charges

Cedar Rapids Gazette: More than three years after the infamous “newbo evolve” festival brought headliners including Maroon 5 and reality TV stars to Cedar Rapids — but then stiffed some of the vendors and left an …

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Iowa GOP bill would forbid businesses to discriminate based on COVID vaccine status

Des Moines Register: Iowa businesses would not be able to ask about or maintain records of a person’s medical treatment status — including vaccinations — under details of a bill that a group of House Republicans …