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Bettplex developer states he's 'offended' by city 'worrying about less than $600,000 of cost overruns'

Bettplex developer Doug Kratz – signing emails "frustrated" and demanding city legal staff rather than his attorneys draft revisions for an amended development agreement – stands to get an additional $1 million subsidy from city taxpayers for his sports complex.

The amended development... more

What Drake Law professors/administrators think about changes to judicial selection system

Iowa’s non-political, merit-based process for selecting judges works remarkably well, as is evidenced by the judges it produces.

As a group, Iowa judges are hardworking, smart and fair. Citizens can go into any courtroom across the state and be confident that they will receive an unbiased... more

Anonymous millionaires funneling 'dark money' into push to re-write Iowa's non-partisan selection process for state Supreme Court nominees

A right-wing conservative Republican group funded by anonymous millionaires is funneling some of its "dark money" into the push to re-write Iowa's non-partisan selection method for the supreme court.

Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) in Washington, D.C. set up a web site at "... more

Lee Enterprises, Inc. touts 8 percent increase in digital revenue during first quarter, but total company revenues fell more than 5 percent from a year ago

Lee Enterprises, Inc. – owner of the Dispatch/Argus and QC Times newspapers – Thursday (2/7) reported first quarter earnings of $10.7 million, or 18 cents per cent share, while touting its 8 percent increase in digital advertising revenue from a year ago.

Despite the improved performance... more

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