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NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Child care providers face a variety of challenges heading into 2022

Friday, January 21, 2022 10:45 AM

Fearless Editor Emily Kestel recently published a two-partseries looking at child care issues across the state.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Feeling burned out by the pandemic? How parents in other countries are handling it differently

BY MICHAEL CRUMB

Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:50 AM

As we begin our third year of navigating the coronavirus pandemic, stress for working parents remains high as variant after variant leaves them in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: 200 rental houses bought by Cincinnati agency, thwarting private investors

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:47 AM

A Cincinnati government entity outbid more than a dozen investment firms to buy 194 homes in and around the city, a move meant to keep tenants in their homes and private investors out of their neighborhoods, reports Konrad Putzier and Will Parker for the Wall Street Journal.
Fall in love in the produce aisle: Hy-Vee is filming a dating show set in grocery stores

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3:11 PM

Which is more romantic: the produce aisle or the meat counter?
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Palo Alto schools stay open, thanks to parent volunteers

BY SARAH BOGAARDS

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 10:46 AM

Keeping school doors open at Palo Alto Unified School District in California has required the assistance of more than 700 parent volunteers, Zusha Elinson reports for the Wall Street Journal.
NOTEBOOK: ONE GOOD READ - Some gender disparities widened in the U.S. workforce during the pandemic

BY EMILY KESTEL

Monday, January 17, 2022 3:11 PM
NOTEBOOK: ONE GOOD READ - Opinion: The agitated MLK I came to love

BY EMILY BARSKE

Monday, January 17, 2022 10:02 AM

This opinion piece from Charles M. Blow is from a couple of years ago, but I think it’s important to share today on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Many of us know the positive and optimistic attitude that MLK exuded in his life as a civil rights leader, but Blow writes that these are the characteristics that many of us are taught about him – rather than the unpolished version.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: ‘Sorry I missed the deadline, boss. I was playing Wordle.’

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 10:58 AM

When I started working at the Business Record nearly three years ago, the bosses explained that reporters are responsible for submitting “One Good Read” every week.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Questions to ask yourself as you transition into hybrid work

Monday, January 10, 2022 10:39 AM

As we move into a new year and quickly approach the two-year mark of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, many companies continue to struggle with return to office plans and balancing the need for staff collaboration and interaction while meeting demands for greater work-life balance that were created during the pandemic.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Medical schools see record enrollment increase among Black students

Friday, January 7, 2022 11:07 AM
NOTEBOOK: Leaders Survey: Will the growing number of Amazon facilities in Central Iowa help local businesses?

Friday, January 7, 2022 6:00 AM
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Ingenious wall looks like art, but also harnesses wind energy

BY JOE GARDYASZ

Thursday, January 6, 2022 11:18 AM

Whenever I go to the Des Moines Arts Festival I invariably stop and admire any kinetic art pieces, which simply mesmerize me.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Deere plans to roll out autonomous tractor later this year

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 10:49 AM

As you travel down Iowa’s rural roads next spring, don’t be surprised to see a driverless tractor in the fields. Later this year, Deere & Co. plans to begin selling its fully autonomous tractor designed for large-scale farming operations, reports John McCormick for the Wall Street Journal.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: American workers are burned out, and bosses are struggling to respond

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 2:53 PM

To retain their employees in 2022, corporate companies are testing out just about any strategy that may help prevent and reverse employee burnout, from allowing asynchronous schedules to switching to a four-day workweek.
NOTEBOOK: Leaders Survey: Addressing worker shortage

Friday, December 31, 2021 6:00 AM

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