Posted January 09, 2013in Belly Up To...
Walking into Liberty’s, the first thing you’ll notice about the extraordinary hotel lounge is bartender Rodney Lewis’ warm, animated smile that automatically makes you feel comfortable in the upscale atmosphere. [...]
Read More →The 2012 holiday shopping period meant huge sales for gadgets and technology — phones, tablets, computers — individually costing hundreds of dollars and equating to huge investments for the gift-giver [...]
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Posted January 09, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Circulation of the Sunday and daily Des Moines Register has fallen more than 7 percent in the past year, the newspapers’ audit reports show. The drops accelerated after June 1, [...]
Read More →Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” [...]
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Posted January 04, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – Want a job that fully covers health premiums? How about one that pays more money if you work a later shift? And provides stipends for clothes and [...]
Read More →The good The Iowa Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale presented a $14,079 check to Wildwood Hills Ranch last week. The money was raised at its ninth annual Charity Thanksgiving Dinner, [...]
Read More →Amount: $210,440 To: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program For: Payment to the LIHEAP program to assist 475 Des Moines residents with heating (446) and electricity (29). Amount: $540.29 [...]
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Employer mandate a recipe for unemployment
Wal-Mart just announced that it will not offer health insurance to new employees who work less than 30 hours a week. It’s reserved the right to do the same for [...]
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