April 29, 2014 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — Talk about a massive return on investment: Iowa receives millions each year from the federal government in exchange for $1 monthly contributions for each of the state’s Medicare recipients. In 2011, Iowa contributed $497,000 and received $39 million from the federal government, a ratio of roughly
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa —Decades of state-mandated subsidies for Iowa’s two greyhound racing tracks may be about to end. In exchange for a $92 million payout to the state’s greyhound racing interests, the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs and the Mystique in Dubuque would no longer be required to subsidize the
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April 24, 2014 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MONES, Iowa — Four days after the head of the Internal Revenue Service denied the agency was targeting conservative social welfare organizations applying for tax exempt status, Rep. Bruce Braley signed a letter urging a probe into the political activities of social welfare organizations. Braley was one of 30
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa— The Iowa Economic Development Authority has unmasked Project Alluvion, awarding $18 million in sales tax rebates for Microsoft to build a data center in West Des Moines. Project Alluvion, you might recall, is the code name the city of West Des Moines used for a mystery company
Read More →DES MOINES, Iowa — Sioux City’s Interstate 29 mobile speed cameras, which pumped $4.5 million into the city’s general operating budget last year, have just become less profitable. Neighboring South Dakota will no longer provide Iowa or any other state with information that could be used “to impose or collect
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! DRIVING AND PARENTING ARE PRIVILEGES Police stopped a car for speeding on April 16 at 12:20 a.m. at the 2000 block of Interstate 235. Upon investigation, the female driver admitted she had given a false name to police. She also had a baby in
Read More →Classic country music fans are going to be treated to previously unreleased Hank Williams material next month. Omnivore Recordings has re-mastered 24 tracks of previously unknown recordings from tapes found in the archives in Creston, Iowa, radio station KSIB-AM. Originally packaged in 15-minute radio segments, the tapes feature some classic
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books “Vintage” by Susan Gloss William Morrow & Company $25.99 320 pp Violet is a young woman who owns Hourglass Vintage, a boutique in Madison, Wis. Early in the story, a customer comes in and disdainfully asks if all of the clothing is used. Violet replies by
Read More →Innovation and disruption are the lifeblood of the tech industry. Innovation is the inventive process that has forced evolution onto countless industries. For instance, VHS replaced by DVDs, then Blu-rays, and now online streaming, with each step along the way disrupting the peaceful tech status quo preceding it. As exciting
Read More →To quote the great musical philosopher Hedwig Schmidt: “My home is the road; the road, my home.” It’s a motto that Dan Tedesco knows better than most. The Chicago native has been touring — in one form or another — for most of his life, but the years 2012 and
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