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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 5 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Engagement, listening, acting just a start in breaking down racial inequities

“Once you know better, do better.“

That was the prevailing message of a cultural competency training the staff at the Business Record recently participated in.

We sat down on June 11 with Izaah Knox, the …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A new road to citizenship in Detroit

This piece from U.S. Courts News just hit my inbox this morning about how Detroit residents who are ready to become U.S. citizens are being sworn in at drive-thru naturalization ceremonies to maintain COVID-19 social distancing — …

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NOTEBOOK: One Iowa offers resources to organizations seeking to empower LGBTQ folks

Though Aimee Stephens – who the ACLU said was the first transgender person whose civil rights case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court – was not alive to hear the decision, the ruling in her favor…
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NOTEBOOK: DMACC Horticulture program donates hundreds of fundraiser plants to UnityPoint Health

UnityPoint health care workers have a little something extra to keep up spirits in between COVID-19 shifts, thanks to the donation of a horticulture program’s end-of-year project. 

At Des Moines Area Community College, students in …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 12 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 12issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: But what would you do? Disease experts respond.

Sometimes when you face a tough decision about a health-related matter, you just want to ask an expert what they would do. Not what the latest statistics are, or the latest government or medical guidelines; …

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NOTEBOOK: How supply, cost of meat is affecting Iowa’s restaurants

Al Laudencia is in the business of selling meats.

Hamburgers topped with pulled pork and beef brisket. St. Louis-style pork ribs. Hot beef sandwiches. Smoked chicken. Pork tenderloins.

You name it, Laudencia sells it at …

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NOTEBOOK: State certification not needed for MercyOne maternity center — but for a different reason

When I first reported in February on the new maternity center under construction at MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center, officials said the $13 million project wouldn’t require state approval by the state’s Health Facilities …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 5 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 5 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …