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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 8 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 8 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Higher education report highlights our growing diversity

A new report from Iowa College Aid provides some eye-opening numbers about the increasing diversity of our state and the challenges ahead in providing opportunities for all students to prepare for college. That report, “The 2016…
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NOTEBOOK: A bridge and townhome project make progress along the Raccoon River

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to walkers and bicyclists on the Meredith Trail, but there is a townhome project coming out of the ground on the north side of the Raccoon River and the…
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NOTEBOOK: A bridge and townhome project make progress along the Raccoon River

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to walkers and bicyclists on the Meredith Trail, but there is a townhome project coming out of the ground on the north side of the Raccoon River and the…
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NOTEBOOK: Durham ponders departure from IEDA

Debi Durham says she won’t be directing the Iowa Economic Development Authority that much longer, but still doesn’t have a set departure date. I asked her about her plans while I was interviewing her for …

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NOTEBOOK: Feeling the love, DNR style

Longtime Iowa Department of Natural Resources staffer Jon Tack was somewhat taken aback when environmental-group lawyer Josh Mandelbaum asked if there would be a time limit on oral comments about a new water quality rule. …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 1 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 1 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Long-term care on insurance commissioner’s mind

Iowa’s insurance commissioner plans to convene an informal think tank of experts later this summer to brainstorm policy changes to improve the faltering long-term care insurance industry. “It’s not just an Iowa issue on long-term…
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NOTEBOOK: Flashback – The humble beginnings of AHeinz57

Amy Heinz was a study in perpetual motion when I interviewed her seven years ago about a startup nonprofit — AHeinz57 Pet Rescue & Transport — that was operating out of her home south of …

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NOTEBOOK: Partnership offers video tour of downtown D.M. development

There is so much construction going on — or about to go on — in downtown Des Moines, it gets tough to keep up with it all. The Greater Des Moines Partnership has produced a …

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