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2016 Economic Forecast: Leader forecast

This is the fifth year we’ve asked the same question to the same audience, and although it’s an unscientific survey, one clear trend emerges from it: Hesitant optimism over the past four years has certainly …

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Finding the money

Des Moines International Airport now has a roadmap on how to fill a $200 million gap in its $420 million plan to build a new terminal, parking ramp, and facilities for cargo and small planes.…

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The Uber effect

Des Moines International Airport is seeing a sharp increase in the use of Uber and other ride-booking services, which for the first time are expected to generate more income than taxis from a special airport …

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Washington Post cites WorkHound in story on trucker feedback

The Washington Post today reported on new ways truck drivers are logging their complaints with companies, specifically citing the Des Moines-based mobile app company WorkHound. The article mentions that trucker councils are becoming more prevalent to give …

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Electric vehicle sales lag Obama goal as gas prices continue to fall

President Obama set a national goal to have 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015, but that number stands at about 400,000, Reuters reported.


When Obama made the pitch, gasoline cost nearly $4…
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Airlines eye bigger profits, warned to watch staff costs

Airlines should watch staff cost even as they enjoy another year of higher profits based on the lowest oil prices since 2003, Reuters reported, citing analysts.


Mike Corley, head of Mercatus Energy Advisors, said at the Airline…
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MPO chosen for academy training

The national nonprofit Transportation for America selected Greater Des Moines as one of seven regions that will participate in the Transportation Leadership Academy, a new yearlong training program on how to use performance measures. The …

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Airport traffic sets record, work on new terminal proceeds

The Des Moines Airport Authority, shortly after learning that passenger traffic set another record in 2015, hired a lobbyist to help seek support for a $420 million project to build a proposed terminal and associated…
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INSIDER: D.C. brass discuss Guard base compromise in DSM

The brass in Washington are discussing a deal that could allow Des Moines International Airport to develop part of the Iowa Air National Guard base on its grounds, if the Des Moines Airport Authority board…
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DART’s Presutti gets 3 percent raise

The board of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority on Tuesday voted to give General Manager Elizabeth Presutti a 3 percent raise, retroactive to July 1. That changes her $137,254 base to $141,362. There …