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Des Moines developers eager to jump on new workforce housing funding

Des Moines Register: Des Moines-based developers are ready to jump on new state funding that helps drive down the cost of construction — and therefore, monthly rent — and make housing more affordable for the state’s …

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Security lines grow longer at Des Moines airport as vacation travel surges

Axios Des Moines: Many are itching to travel this summer, but an influx of vacationgoers is resulting in slightly longer wait times at the Des Moines airport, officials say. More inexperienced flyers are taking to the …

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East-side residents petition D.M. to stop former Gordmans conversion to self-storage

Des Moines Register: An old Gordmans on Des Moines’ east side is slated to become a storage unit facility, but residents say they’d prefer something else. Heather Chamberlain, a longtime east Des Moines resident, has been …

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Utility energy savings plummet after 2018 change in Iowa law

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s largest utilities have dramatically scaled back efforts to help customers conserve energy since a 2018 law gutted the state’s efficiency requirements. MidAmerican Energy reported kilowatt-hour savings for 2020 that were 64% lower …

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D.M. bonobos soon will get experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Des Moines’ famed bonobos soon will get free COVID-19 vaccinations. Zoetis, a New Jersey-based global animal health company, is donating more than 11,000 doses of the experimental vaccine to zoos and sanctuaries around …

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Printing of Cedar Rapids Gazette to move to Des Moines

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar Rapids Gazette will transition nightly printing of its newspaper to Des Moines next month following a decision to cease newspaper printing operations at Color Web Printers in Cedar Rapids. The closure …

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Genie Maybanks named executive director at Iowa solar association

Genie Maybanks is joining the Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association as the organization’s first executive director, ISETA announced this week. Maybanks spent 18 years at New Pioneer Food Co-op in marketing, outreach, education and staff …

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State: Company illegally storing hundreds of old wind turbine blades at three Iowa sites

Iowa Capital Dispatch: State environmental regulators say an out-of-state firm has illegally stored hundreds of wind turbine blades in three Iowa towns and should be investigated by the attorney general’s office. Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. has …

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Iowa has given out only 2% of rent aid, will forgo more federal funds

Des Moines Register: Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham says she takes full responsibility for launching too early a program that was supposed to provide immediate emergency rental and utility assistance to Iowans affected by the …

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Iowa part of new antitrust lawsuit against Google over its Android app store

Politico: A group of 36 states and Washington, D.C., sued Google on Wednesday in an antitrust case challenging the company’s control over its Android app store — opening a new front in regulators’ attempts to rein …