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GUEST OPINION: Putting the TIF genie back in the bottle


The future of tax increment financing (TIF) will be debated this legislative session. TIF is a popular mechanism for underwriting city support for industrial, commercial and residential developments. Taxes collected on new properties in a …

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TRANSITIONS: Us vs. the computers


When I was an assistant sports editor and computers were brand-new – sometimes we forgot and wasted hours going from bar to bar, looking for a Linotype operator – we would run into odd glitches …

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IowaBiz Blog: The sky is not the limit

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IowaBiz Blog: What can we learn from the Komen Foundation polarization

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OUR VIEW: An era when jobs trump all


The effects of the Great Recession continue to reshape the nation, and it will be interesting to see the ultimate effect on our laws, and even on our political philosophies.

We recently noted that Gov. …

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GUEST OPINION: It’s your reputation; you need to protect it


It’s no longer a 24-hour news cycle. Fueled by the public’s insatiable appetite for scandal and by new media more than capable of satisfying the hunger, today’s news is minute-to-minute.

This creates a false sense …

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TRANSITIONS: Thick (or thin) as a brick


On a summer evening 30 years from now, an old desk clerk and his young apprentice pass the time in the lobby of a hotel on the Des Moines riverfront.

“Tell me the story, old …

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IowaBiz Blog: There is no tax fairy

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IowaBiz Blog: Do you know how to innovate?

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OUR VIEW: Branstad veers left on ESOPs


Gov. Terry Branstad wants government to play a smaller role in the lives of Iowans – most of the time. But it sure is hard to resist tinkering with tax policies, no matter what your …