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GUEST OPINION: Credit union bill will increase deficits, not lending

The credit union lobby is at it again. They, and a small band of large bank-like credit unions, are promoting legislation to expand their tax subsidy to large commercial loans. The result would be higher …

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TRANSITIONS: The real cost of gas?

Editor’s Note: Jim Pollock is out of the office this week. In his absense, and with the price of gas once again on the rise, we wanted to bring back one of Jim’s columns from …

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IowaBiz Blog: Collaborate

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IowaBiz Blog: Plastic lumber and more

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IowaBiz Blog: Her name was Dorothy

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OUR VIEW: Reform? Maybe next time

Let’s assume Obamacare is not going to survive its day at the U.S. Supreme Court, at least not intact. It’s intriguing to imagine the landscape 19 years from now, when the federal government takes another …

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GUEST OPINION: Healthy buildings for a healthy Iowa

Iowa is moving forward on becoming the healthiest state in the nation. It is an ambitious and admirable quest. The tactics are obvious – better eating, healthier living, more exercise. Having healthier and happier citizens …

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TRANSITIONS: Progress through flooding

It took a few decades, but I finally caught on. For years, I marveled at the idea that major institutions of higher learning, backed by the caution and wisdom of state government, could be dumb …

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IowaBiz Blog: Mentors- Why, who, when, and what next

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IowaBiz Blog: The last way to cut your 2011 tax bill?