Articles Tagged: Iowa Economic Development Authority

Also in the notebook, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office is supporting legal coalitions addressing Instagram users’ privacy and safety, and a ‘designer Xanax’

Also, Fairfield becomes Iowa’s newest Main Street Community

Also in the notebook, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird objects to a settlement in a lawsuit against the retail brokerage Charles Schwab

EntreFEST, a conference for Iowa entrepreneurs, hosted its first-ever pitch competition Friday in Cedar Rapids, with $15,000 in cash prizes. The first-place winner, from Cedar Rapids, is a regenerative farm that’s growing produce of cultural importance.

Fifty-six million dollars in opioid settlement funds will be distributed after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation that outlines how the money will be spent, along with 24 other bills.

A slate of Iowa tax credits would be repealed, created or adjusted under legislation making its way through the state legislature as the end of the session nears.

The bill’s sponsor said events that could qualify for grant funding would be “larger scope, things like PGA, NFL, NBA or NCAA” and “Taylor Swift concerts at Kinnick” to make Iowa competitive with other states trying to attract high-profile events.

Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham’s proposal was considered publicly for the first time Thursday by lawmakers and stakeholders

Also, a study reports the addition of an Uptown Marion hotel would have an economic impact of $21 million over its first five years of occupancy

Iowa’s four most populous counties – Polk, Linn, Scott and Johnson – would no longer receive state economic development funding under a bill advanced by House lawmakers Wednesday.

Iowa lawmakers look into ways to prevent rural ‘food deserts’

Theatre Cedar Rapids, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, has been awarded a $500,000 state grant to undertake renovations that will transform the inside and outside of its building in downtown Cedar Rapids.

90 jobs expected at $260M facility

Also, Iowa Department of Education invests $3.5 million to provide first grade students with literacy instruction books to take home

Reynolds and Iowa state officials and business leaders said the trip will create economic opportunities for Iowa’s agriculture industry as India’s need for food grows with its population