Mercy College of Health Sciences President Dr. Adreain Henry signed the 2026 Proclamation Against Human Trafficking and Slavery on Jan. 8. This year’s event marks the eighth consecutive year that ...

The organizers of the 2026 Global Insurance Symposium have announced this year’s agenda. With the theme of “Insurance in an Era of Possibilities,” this year’s symposium will recognize the convergence ...

Just over 40% of the 434 teaching vacancies in Iowa’s public school districts this school year are in special education, a persistently difficult area to fill nationally and in the state. Data ...

According to the Alliance for Lifetime Income, more than 4.1 million Americans will hit the retirement age of 65 through the year 2027. That’s over 11,200 people every day. The trend is more ...

As Central Iowa leaders are required to assess issues and opportunities, both new and existing, at an increasingly quick pace, the Business Record strives to keep a pulse on the top issues and ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Emily Videtto thought she was going to be a lawyer. When she walked onto campus at Indiana University in 2000, she studied English and business. But after college, she had the chance to join GAF — the ...

As Iowa lawmakers return to the State Capitol for a 100-day session beginning Jan. 12, business and nonprofit leaders say that while the agenda might look familiar, the stakes are high. Property taxes ...

For the first time, the new regional water utility Central Iowa Water Works implemented a ban on lawn watering on June 12 because nitrate levels of local rivers were in danger of violating federal ...

Bresson Real Estate Holdings LLC, located in Ankeny, paid R&W Schonhorst Inc. $2.4 million for farmland in northeast Polk County, real estate records show. The property, located east of Interstate ...

A group of Central Iowa entrepreneurs, funders and advocates are trying to reframe entrepreneurship as a legitimate career path by creating an inspirational hub of conversation via Substack, an online ...

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...