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Des Moines resettlement group struggles to find homes for refugees

Axios Des Moines: Des Moines’ housing shortage is hindering nonprofits from finding homes for refugees, including families who evacuated from Afghanistan, according to a local resettlement nonprofit. For now, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants’ …

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Iowa school districts may continue mask mandates after judge’s preliminary injunction

Des Moines Register: Iowa school districts can continue requiring facial coverings in the classroom for the near future after a federal judge today granted a preliminary injunction against a state law banning school mask mandates. A …

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Burger King to test its new plant-based Impossible Nuggets in Des Moines metro

Des Moines Register: Burger King is asking the biggest city in one of the biggest meat-producing states in the country to try out its new, plant-based nuggets. The chain is rolling out Impossible Nuggets starting Oct. …

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University of Iowa will pay $400,000 in Title IX athletics settlement

Cedar Rapids Gazette: As part of the University of Iowa’s deal to settle a lawsuit accusing it of federal gender equity violations, the institution has agreed to pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs” of nearly $400,000 …

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Iowa Black Wall Street Investment Group forms to assist small businesses

Corridor Business Journal: A community venture capital group that invests in Black-owned businesses is being formed in eastern Iowa, called the Iowa Black Wall Street Investment Group. Chad Simmons, chairman of the Iowa Soul Food Co. …

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EMC unveils design for downtown’s newest park

Des Moines Register: EMC Insurance Cos. unveiled its initial plans for a downtown park at the corner of Seventh and Walnut streets at a public meeting Wednesday hosted by the Downtown Neighborhood Association. The park will …

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SBA backs nearly $10.6M in loans to Central Iowa businesses in September

The U.S. Small Business Administration in September backed more than $10.57 million in loans for Central Iowa businesses.  

The 17 loans are expected to create 64 new jobs and retain 75 jobs. Among the top …

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Iowa workers’ compensation rates to again decrease in 2022

Workers’ compensation insurance rates paid by Iowa employers will decline for a fifth consecutive year in 2022, following a review by the state insurance commissioner. In an order dated Oct. 1, Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen approved …

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Optimism levels off in Business Council’s Q3 survey as labor shortage, supply chain bottlenecks continue

Labor challenges and supply chain disruptions continue to be a concern for Iowa companies, according to the Iowa Business Council’s third-quarter Economic Outlook Survey released today.

The third-quarter index is 65.41, down from 67.08 in …

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UNI professor removed for mandating masks is reinstated for virtual instruction

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Heeding mounting pressure not just from directly affected students but also from the larger student body and others, the University of Northern Iowa late Wednesday revised its discipline of an embattled professor who …