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The Greater Des Moines Partnership announced that its 2017 Annual Dinner will feature the husband-wife duo of Bloomberg View columnist Albert R. Hunt and “PBS NewsHour” anchor Judy Woodruff as the headlining speakers. The Partnership’s …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans its annual Executive Forum on Diversity and Inclusion from 8 a.m. to noon at the Airport Holiday Inn. Wellmark Chairman and CEO John Forsyth and Rona Berinobis, vice president …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans a panel discussion on the cost-effectiveness of wind energy Oct. 17. The event, which is free, will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Partnership headquarters. Debi Durham, director …
Beth Townsend, director of Iowa Workforce Development, has been named vice chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. The national organization of state administrators of the state workforce system …
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Iowa Workforce Development a $1.1 million grant to improve data systems to make it easier for Iowans to find jobs. The Reemployment & Systems Integration National Dislocated Worker …
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 105.4 in August from 105.1, an increase of 0.3 percent, the Iowa Department of Revenue said. The positive change is the largest observed in the revised index since …
Des Moines’ advancments as a global city are part of a new report from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program called “The Making of Global Cities: Stories from the Global Cities Exchange.” “By smartly identifying …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans an event called Amplify: Seize Des Moines today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Local Bites Food Court in the lower level of the Partnership Building. A brief …
Des Moines Register: Only about 20 percent of the jobs Iowa’s economic development agency contracted with businesses to create or retain over an 11-year period have come to fruition, a newly released audit shows.…
State personal income growth accelerated to 1.0 percent on average in the second quarter of 2016 from 0.3 percent in the first quarter, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income grew …
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