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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

I owa’s leaders have an ambitious target for the state’s workforce education goals. Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on educators, employers and legislators to collaborate to add 120,000 Iowans with postsecondary degrees or credentials to the state’s workforce by 2025. Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate.

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn originally appeared on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. If you think Iowa is about corn, you’re right. If, however, you think Iowa is all agriculture, you’re wrong. Much of what you know about Iowa is true. Iowa is a right-to-work state.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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According to the program website, START-UP NY is geared to give businesses access to resources of world-class higher education institutions, including industry experts and advanced research laboratories. Iowa Economic Development Authority , for the Export Trade Assistance Program (ETAP). Texas Governor’s Office.

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A good time to invest in the future.

Cassell Construction Estimating

Not unexpectedly, there’s still plenty of bad news: ENR’s construction revenue data (updated through second quarter) show the commercial market still declining, especially in retail and office construction. While health care and education revenue is less dismal, it’s still following the same downward trend.

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TX Tops Cybersecurity Leaderboard, KS Surges In Wind Power

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Its proximity to advanced military operations and close collaboration between industry, higher education and the government make it a prime cybersecurity hub.”. The Sunflower State also ranked fifth in overall Installed Wind Power Capacity; Texas continued its dominance of the installed wind power ranking, far outpacing second-place Iowa.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Nowhere is this more evident that in the unprecedented cooperation between higher education resources and business in LA. Department of Education recently released its assessment of the progress made by recipients of Race to the Top (RTTP)?funding funding in the first three years of the program.

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US Department of Labor's OSHA Continues Outreach Campaign in Midwest to Protect Workers from Struck-By Vehicle Incidents on Job Sites

Construction Superintendent Magazine

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the past five years, 15 percent of all workplace fatalities investigated by the Kansas City Regional Office of the U.S. Because of this, OSHA is continuing its regional outreach initiative in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska to educate workers and their employers about preventing such accidents.