When Jim Lewis was preparing to interview for the job of executive director of the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, he did what ...

As we do each year, we asked our readers to cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. These people and organizations make up an ecosystem in our region ...

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

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

The Business Record’s Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of Central Iowa women who have attained success while helping others along the way. From a variety of career paths and walks of life, ...

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TPI Composites Inc., the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based wind turbine blade manufacturer, will receive financial assistance from the state for a $3.2 million project to restart production at its Newton ...

The Technology Association of Iowa recently hosted the Iowa Data Center Summit, which was meant in part to ask how Iowa can balance demand for data centers and environmental responsibility. While ...

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...

The photo above is one of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority’s electric buses, which were introduced to the community in the fall of 2020 and went into service in early 2021. They were ...

Jason Conway and his co-workers at Opus Group are in the midst of planning for 2025 today. Companies that had been snatching up commercial real estate investment properties are sitting on the ...