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NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Biden’s two-pronged attack on income inequality

BY EMILY BARSKE

Friday, January 15, 2021 10:36 AM

President-elect Joe Biden wants the federal government to address income inequality by both redistributing more money to people at the bottom of the income ladder and by using policy to drive unemployment low enough to drive up demand and wages for those workers, reports the Wall Street Journal.
A conversation on civility with Scott Raecker

BY EMILY BARSKE

Friday, January 15, 2021 6:00 AM
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Latinos, Blacks charged more than twice as much in banking fees, survey finds

Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:23 AM

A new national survey conducted by Bankrate found that people of color pay more than twice the banking fees that white Americans pay, according to this NBC News report.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Amazon is sparking a boom in air cargo construction

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:06 AM

The past year has seen a drop in passenger airplane traffic as people stayed home to avoid spreading -- or catching -- COVID-19.
NOTEBOOK: What are leaders taking into 2021?

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:49 AM

This year, the unveiling for our Book of Lists publication looked a little different. It was hosted virtually from the Gerdin Business Building on Iowa State’s campus. And while different from the traditionally party-style event, it offered a unique opportunity to meet someone you didn’t know and learn from them via small breakout rooms on Zoom.
NOTEBOOK: Lawmakers return to Des Moines as 2021 session begins

Monday, January 11, 2021 3:11 PM

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.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Distilleries made hand sanitizer to help; now they're hit with $14,000 fees

Thursday, December 31, 2020 2:53 PM

In the early days of the pandemic, more than 800 distilleries stopped making their usual whiskey, gin, vodka and other alcoholic beverages.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: A farm family's business caved in. Then the neighbors showed up.

Thursday, December 31, 2020 11:28 AM

New York Times: Ralph and Lisa Turner grow organic vegetables at Laughing Stock Farm in Freeport, Maine, supplying wholesale produce to Portland restaurants.
NOTEBOOK: More federal money on the way for Iowa health care providers, but payback could be rough

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 3:07 PM

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 Health and Human Services, the agency announced.
NOTEBOOK: Pandemic party: Des Moines resident raises 160 pizzas for medical, janitorial personnel at local ERs

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 2:59 PM

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 local emergency room to lift the spirits of emergency medical personnel on the COVID-19 front lines.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD VIDEO: Catch Des Moines reflects on 2020 in holiday video

BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:17 AM

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 tourism rendition of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.”
NOTEBOOK: Merle Hay Mall becoming 'a mix of uses,' its owner says

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 8:00 AM
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: A year where we have risen together

BY MICHAEL CRUMB

Monday, December 21, 2020 9:49 AM

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 on the past 12 months because of the challenges and disruptions we’ve all experienced because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOTEBOOK - ONE GOOD READ: Sen. Tom Harkin on the future of disability inclusion

BY EMILY BARSKE

Monday, December 14, 2020 11:17 AM

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

BY JOE GARDYASZ

Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:47 AM

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.

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