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NOTEBOOK: Lawmakers return to Des Moines as 2021 session begins

The Iowa Legislature convened today to begin the 2021 legislative session, with lawmakers hoping to make the assembly as normal as possible following a 2020 session that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

That session …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A farm family’s business caved in. Then the neighbors showed up.

New York Times: Ralph and Lisa Turner grow organic vegetables at Laughing Stock Farm in Freeport, Maine, supplying wholesale produce to Portland restaurants. When the governor ordered restaurants to shut down, they found themselves with …

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NOTEBOOK: More federal money on the way for Iowa health care providers, but payback could be rough

Iowa hospitals and health care providers will receive an additional $48.7 million from the federal government’s Provider Relief Fund as part of a third round of payments totaling $24.5 billion from the U.S. Department of …

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NOTEBOOK: Pandemic party: Des Moines resident raises 160 pizzas for medical, janitorial personnel at local ERs

When Sylvia Koss, an employee at LMC Insurance & Risk Management, thought about celebrating her 30th birthday on Dec. 13, a pizza party seemed like a good idea — specifically, sending 30 pizzas to a …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD VIDEO: Catch Des Moines reflects on 2020 in holiday video

The staff at Catch Des Moines is celebrating this holiday season with a recap of the good, bad and ugly of 2020 with a video of President and CEO Greg Edwards reading a convention and …

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NOTEBOOK: Merle Hay Mall becoming ‘a mix of uses,’ its owner says

Elizabeth Holland didn’t mince words recently when she spoke to a Des Moines board about her vision for Merle Hay Mall, a shopping center developed in 1959 by her grandfather and another man.

Des Moines, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A year where we have risen together

 

As each year comes to a close, it’s a time of reflection — and 2020 is no different. In fact, this year it may be even more important to take a moment to reflect …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Sen. Tom Harkin on the future of disability inclusion

“This mass exclusion [of people with disabilities] can not be left to governments and charities alone, it needs the most powerful force on the planet, business leadership,” Caroline Casey wrote in Forbes. Casey interviewed former Iowa …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: On country roads, can a self-driving car take me home?

Here is a fascinating look by Iowa Magazine inside the research taking place at the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories, based in the UI College of Engineering. Beginning next year, UI researchers …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How the world of work may change forever

BBC took an extensive look at how our working world is changing by asking key business leaders to weigh in. Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was asked about the future of …