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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Cattle ranchers taking on meatpackers

A group of western Nebraska cattle ranchers and feedlot owners plan to begin construction this spring on a $323 million processing plant they say will boost competition and livestock prices, writes Patrick Thomas for the Wall …

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NOTEBOOK: MercyOne launches patient-provider matching tool in Central Iowa

MercyOne has piloted a new patient-provider matching tool that aims to make it easier for patients to connect with a primary care physician. MercyOne worked with Patient Bond, started by former Procter & Gamble employees, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Road to table: Wyoming’s got a new app for claiming roadkill

While listening to NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” program over the weekend, I heard the panel discuss this new feature in Wyoming’s Department of Transportation app allowing passersby to claim accidentally killed deer, elk, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Sleep experts disagree with move to make DST permanent, say standard time is better for our health

As the saying loosely goes, we sprung ahead an hour this past weekend as we made the shift to daylight saving time. The change in our clocks came as the debate simmered over whether the …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Another kind of hybrid work consideration — phased retirement programs

Plenty of older workers have wished for something between full-bore work and retirement. Now, more companies seem to be giving them what they want, as this Wall Street Journal article details. Phased retirement programs — which allow …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Walmart plans to hire 50,000 U.S. workers by end of April

Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, is seeking to hire about 50,000 workers in the U.S. by the end of April, reports Sarah Nassauer for the Wall Street Journal. The company is adding staff in its …

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NOTEBOOK: Meet Tiphanie Cannon

It’s our goal with Fearless this year to get out across the state and meet folks who are working to empower Iowa women. We know there are so many who are passionate about women’s and …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: High gas prices present another hurdle in bringing workers back to the office

Just as big companies like Wells Fargo and Microsoft, which have long delayed returning to the office, announce their plans to restart in-person work, Andrea Hsu reports for NPR that now rising gas prices rather than pandemic …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition leader shares views

The Hill ran an opinion piece this week that juxtaposed an unlikely trio of names in the headline. The piece, “Elton John, Vladimir Putin and my last conversation with Colin Powell,” was written by Liz Schrayer, president …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How Americans are reacting to rising gas prices