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Thursday AM Daily | October 4, 2018
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Group: Iowa takes biggest energy efficiency dive in nation
A national nonprofit that ranks states’ energy efficiency efforts reported that Iowa fell farther than any other state in the latest tally, mainly because of a bill passed by lawmakers that capped many of the programs.
Eighteen other states lost ground.
"Iowa and Connecticut saw attacks against efficiency within their states through legislation that results in reduced energy and utility bill savings," said the report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Iowa fell 3.5 points on its score to 17.5, ranking 24th among the states, a drop of five spots.
"This drop was largely due to the signing
earlier this year of Senate File 2311, which imposes a restrictive spending cap on efficiency programs, removes efficiency program requirements that had been placed on municipal utilities and co-ops and allows customers to opt out of paying for efficiency programs that fail to satisfy the ratepayer impact test, a cost effectiveness measure rejected by most states and inequitable," the report said.
New Jersey improved the most, up five points to No. 18. Massachusetts ranked No. 1 overall. Missouri and South Dakota were among those with the most improvement.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Iowa courts, state bar provide information on judicial candidates
Iowa voters can find information about the professional qualifications and background of every judge on the Nov. 6 retention ballot at the Iowa Judicial Branch website. The 2018 Iowa Voters Judicial Directory contains biographies of each judge on the ballot. These biographies include information about each judge's background and education, career and professional activities. The directory also contains information about Iowa's judicial retention process, as well as factors voters may want to consider when deciding whether to retain a justice or judge. The Iowa State Bar Association has released the results of a performance evaluation by Iowa lawyers, providing Iowa voters with additional
information about judges on the ballot. The evaluations are available here.
Boesen to retire from Iowa Primary Care Association; Todd to succeed
The Iowa Primary Care Association announced that Theodore Boesen Jr., the association’s chief executive officer, will retire effective June 30, 2019. Aaron Todd, the current chief strategy officer of the Iowa PCA, will become CEO upon Boesen’s retirement. The association provides technical assistance and training to Iowa’s 14 community health centers that provide primary and preventive health care to the underserved in Iowa. Boesen is a board member of the National Association of Community Health Centers, as well as chair of the board of directors of the Iowa Health Information Network. He has won several awards for leadership in health care, most recently the 2018 National Association of Community Health Centers Norton Wilson State/Regional Leadership Award. Todd has held leadership roles since 2015 at the Iowa Primary Care Association and its INConcertCare and IowaHealth+ affiliates, and is
currently the chief strategy officer for the three organizations.
Courage League Sports founder receives 'Everyday Hero' award
Melissa Clarke-Wharff, founder of Courage League Sports, has been honored as one of the Toyota Everyday Heroes by women sports organization espnW. Clarke-Wharff was presented the award Wednesday during the ninth annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit. The award, which includes a $10,000 grant to each of the four organizations honored, recognizes individuals making a difference for women and girls in their local communities through sports.
Courage League Sports, based in Urbandale, is a nonprofit adaptive sports and recreational facility that offers year-round programming for children and adults who aren’t able to go full speed due to a physical, cognitive or emotional disability. The organization, founded in 2013, now serves more than 1,000 kids and 500 adults on a monthly basis. To see a short video about Courage League Sports, click here. To read a Business Record story about Courage League Sports, click here.
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YESTERDAY IN CRE WEEKLY
Multifamily snapshots
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Jared Husmann is a young broker at Keller Williams Commercial who, like a lot of youngsters in the business, collects a lot of data. At least one oldish reporter at the Business Record (there aren’t many) is impressed by all that data. Here is Hussman’s take on the data he has collected about multifamily sales in the third quarter. Husmann found that capitalization rates dropped 60 basis points from the second quarter to 7.37 percent, based on seven transactions for a total of 239
apartment units that sold at an average price of $76,757. Meanwhile, RealPage, a company that provides property management software, has taken note of a slowdown in apartment construction in Greater Des Moines. Read more
MORE INSIDER CONTENT: See all Business Record Insider content and become an Insider.
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NEWS BRIEFS
6.5 million pounds of beef recalled due to salmonella outbreak
CNN: Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson Inc. is recalling 6.5 million pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" due to an outbreak of salmonella, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The recalled products were packaged between July 26 and Sept. 7 and were sold nationwide under brand names Walmart, Cedar River Farms Natural Beef, Showcase, Showcase/Walmart and JBS Generic.
Weekly jobless claims drop to near 49-year low
Reuters: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to a near 49-year low last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength, which should continue to underpin economic growth.
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ONE GOOD READ
China spying through Amazon, Apple productsBY PERRY BEEMAN: We’ve spent a lot of time trying to sort out whether Russia skewed the U.S. elections in 2016, and may still be tampering. Now there are concerns that China is spying on U.S. businesses through products sold by Apple and Amazon. Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported today that the Chinese government implanted microchips into the servers used by Apple and Amazon. The idea was to spy on nearly 30 U.S. companies. The chips were
allegedly inserted into the servers used by Apple and Amazon by Chinese company Super Micro, which assembled the servers. Amazon, Apple and Super Micro have all issued statements disputing Bloomberg‘s reports. Apple said there was only one server involved in 2016, and the situation was accidental.
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BUSINESS RECORD CALENDARNEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS
Nov. 7: Roast & Toast honoring Nolden Gentry
Host: Urban Dreams
About: Urban Dreams has been providing Des Moines’ inner city and Central Iowa with a wide range of human services programs in a comfortable and nonthreatening environment since 1985. The fundraiser is a Roast & Toast honoring Nolden Gentry. Gentry has been an inspirational leader to businesses and organizations that support improving the health of Iowans and ensuring our communities have a robust educational system to develop Iowa’s future leaders
When: Cocktails: 5:30 p.m., dinner and program: 7 p.m.
Where: Drake University, Olmsted Center
For more information contact Izaah Knox, 515-288-4742
View our full calendar to see the latest curated business and community events, or suggest an event.
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KCCI TOP STORIES
Iowa surrogacy contract case denied U.S. Supreme Court hearing
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit filed by an Iowa woman who carried a baby for another couple as a surrogate mother but changed her mind and wanted to keep the baby. The Muscatine woman identified only as T.B. wanted the court to strike down surrogacy contracts as unconstitutional. She filed an appeal in May of an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that concluded for the first time in Iowa that gestational surrogacy agreements are legal and enforceable. The nation's highest court denied the woman's petition to hear the case on
Monday without comment. Read more
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Today:
Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. Much cooler. High 57. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight:
Overcast with rain showers at times. Low near 50. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Get the latest KCCI weather.
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MOBILE SPEED UNIT LOCATIONSToday:
1900
block of Army Post Road
1800 block of Park Avenue
3100 block of Southwest Ninth Street
Tomorrow:
5100 block of Grand Avenue
1600 block of 48th Street
1600 block of Hickman Road
See the full week's listing on the Des Moines Police Department's Facebook page.
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BUSINESS RECORD IOWA INDEXThe Iowa Index is an unweighted average of all 22 Iowa-based public companies. Below is a live look at those 22, plus 15 additional companies with large operations in Iowa.
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