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The Elbert Files: Film explores historic highway

A new film that credits Des Moines publisher E.T. Meredith as founder of the long-forgotten Jefferson Highway will be shown for the first time at 6 p.m. tonight (Sept. 23) at the Iowa State Historical …
By DAVE ELBERT | Sep 23, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Why I came back to Des Moines

A great deal of my boyhood was spent with my father, Doug Reichardt, in the boardrooms of United Way of Central Iowa, the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Holmes Murphy & Associates. 

A subject of …
By Randy Reichardt | Sep 23, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Building a personal board of directors

BY MANDI McREYNOLDS | Global community relations manager, Principal Financial Group Inc.   Goodbye, mentorship

“Who is your mentor? You don’t have one. What? You should have one! Make sure they are experienced, have time, and…
By BPC Staff | Sep 19, 2016
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The Elbert Files: A short history of electric cars

This Wall Street Journal headline caught my wife’s eye at breakfast recently: “Electric Cars Will Be Here Sooner Than You Expect.”  

The article offered several reasons, including this: “Hy-Vee Inc., a chain of 241 …
By DAVE ELBERT | Sep 16, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Where is the positivity?

By Angela L. Walker Franklin | President, Des Moines University


In January 2016 I rang in the New Year by reciting the “Optimist Creed.” Although I am not a member of Optimist InternationaI, I have…
By BPC Staff | Sep 12, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Where is the positivity?

By Angela L. Walker Franklin | President, Des Moines University


In January 2016 I rang in the New Year by reciting the “Optimist Creed.” Although I am not a member of Optimist InternationaI, I have…
By BPC Staff | Sep 12, 2016
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Guest Opinion: What would Louise do?

By Kristin Griffith | Executive director, Young Women’s Resource Center
When I imagine Louise Rosenfield Noun, the leader of a group of visionary women who founded the Young Women’s Resource Center (YWRC), I envision a…
By BPC Staff | Sep 12, 2016
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The Elbert Files: Raise taxes for greedy EpiPen

The controversy over the EpiPen’s huge price increases is an example of what my friend K.C. likes to say is “another reason we need to raise taxes.”

I know that sounds strange. Let me explain.…
By DAVE ELBERT | Sep 9, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Why men should attend female leadership events

  BY CHRIS LORANG | Owner, Capital Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center
Greater Des Moines is lucky to be home to many Chamber of Commerce programs that make our community stronger.   One that I look…
By BPC Staff | Sep 6, 2016
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The Elbert Files: A look ahead for investors

The financial markets have been unusually quiet recently. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 23 that the previous 30 days had been “the least volatile of any 30-day period in more than two …
By DAVE ELBERT | Sep 2, 2016