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Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld said that to compensate for historic lows in state funding, the university is likely to pursue more research partnerships with corporations, and may concentrate resources internally toward …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: In an unexpected move, the Linn County working group studying a county minimum wage has recommended raising it to $8.25 an hour. The recommendation to raise the countywide minimum wage $1 above the …
Des Moines Register: State officials have lifted a stop-work order on the Bakken oil pipeline in northwest Iowa where tribal officials had objected to disrupting sacred American Indian land that includes burial grounds. Instead of digging …
Des Moines Register: Ames-based pharmaceutical company NewLink Genetics has laid off 87 people following the failure of one its main drug candidates. NewLink primarily focuses on developing therapies to help the body’s immune system fight cancer.…
Iowa Public Iowa: Midwest farmers may be facing some of the toughest financial times they have experienced in three decades, largely thanks to low prices for some of the region’s biggest crops. In Iowa, the average …
Des Moines Register: Reclaiming tax-exempt status is only the start of Prairie Meadows’ battle against the IRS. If Prairie Meadows wins that fight, the nonprofit racetrack and casino still faces a potentially greater threat: The IRS …
Des Moines Register: Metro municipal leaders in the Des Moines area say that if the minimum wage is raised, it should be by the state, but they will wait to see what dollar figure Polk County …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Excavation work has begun on a $68 million battery manufacturing plant, distribution center and warehouse in Oelwein. The plant, being built East Penn Manufacturing of Lyon Station, Pa., will create 350 jobs with …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, a member of a Linn County minimum wage study group, called on Gov. Terry Branstad and the Legislature to develop statewide standards for a minimum wage before a …
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