If you need a gift for a soon-to-be graduate, or just want something interesting and fun to read on an airplane, I have a suggestion. Local manners maven Callista Gould has a new book called …
I told a neighbor recently that I was thinking about boycotting businesses in the seven Des Moines suburbs that were responsible for the March 6 defeat of the local sales tax. The tax seemed like …
The billion-dollar tax cut approved by the Iowa Senate last month will backfire if it, or anything like it, becomes law, according to one of Iowa’s most knowledgeable tax experts. Mike Lipsman was the top …
The sun was shining. The snow had mostly melted. And I was enjoying my morning walk, when I saw my friend, K.C., crossing Grand Avenue near the Des Moines Art Center. I could tell immediately …
Here’s a bit of trivia: This nation’s first Chamber of Commerce is older than the United States. New York City merchants who wanted to defuse growing tensions with Great Britain organized it in 1768.
Many …
Tuesday, March 6, will be a historic day for Des Moines. It’s when residents of the city, rural Polk County and nine contiguous suburbs — Altoona, Bondurant, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, West Des …
The pending acquisition by EMC Insurance of the former Younkers store site at Seventh and Walnut streets creates a unique opportunity to add much-needed green space in the downtown core. Other large insurance companies, including …
The water quality bill passed by the Iowa Legislature is a joke.
A little math shows how big the joke really is.
The bill provides $13 million a year for just 12 years. At that …
“What’s happened to Chuck Grassley?” I asked that question last week when I saw my friend K.C. in front of the PEO headquarters at 37th and Grand. He was deep in thought, contemplating the landscaping …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Future Ready Iowa Act is well-intentioned but won’t solve Iowa’s workforce problem.
Don’t get me wrong. I think the fact that she wants to spend $20 million over the next two years …
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