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When North Carolina lawmakers in 2016 adopted a law that barred transgender people from using bathrooms in public facilities that corresponded with their gender identification, the backlash against the state was swift.
Now, with a similar bill moving through the Iowa Legislature to impose restrictions on restroom use in the state s schools, some Iowa business leaders and events organizers are worried the Hawkeye state could face the same sort of repercussions.
In North Carolina, the state suffered damage to both its public image and economy. Major corporations abandoned plans to build or expand facilities in the state and issued statements of opposition. Top musical performerscanceled concerts. The NAACP called for a boycott.
Child care, broadband expansion among top priorities of Governorâs Economic Recovery Advisory Board
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Monday, February 8, 2021 2:15 PM
Solving the state’s child care crisis was the unanimous No. 1 priority listed in recommendations released in a report last week by the Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
The advisory board was created last summer to address issues facing the state in its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The task force first met in late June and was given 100 days to pull together recommendations that Gov. Kim Reynolds could use to build her legislative agenda in 2021. Working groups were created addressing issues surrounding economic growth, education, connectivity, agriculture, government, public health and health care, and expanding Iowa’s workforce.
Business leaders outline priorities for 2021 legislative session
Child care, broadband among top focuses
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Friday, January 22, 2021 6:00 AM The Panelists
Dustin Miller
Joe Murphy
Dave Stone
Andrea Woodard
senior vice president of government relations and public policy for the Greater Des Moines Partnership Expansion of broadband infrastructure, improving access to affordable child care and eliminating the child care benefits cliff will likely be issues of focus during the 2021 legislative session. That was the message from business and nonprofit leaders who closely watch activities at the Capitol. They shared their thoughts on those topics and many others during the Business Record’s Legislative Forecast panel discussion on Jan. 12, a day after this year’s legislative session convened.
IBC Q4 Economic Outlook shows growing optimism for 2021
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Wednesday, January 6, 2021 10:37 AM
With leaders of the state’s largest companies forecasting higher sales, higher employment and higher capital spending over the next six months, the Iowa Business Council released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook for 2020 today, showing growing positive sentiment among its members.
The survey’s overall Economic Outlook Index rose to 62.5, up 3.78 points from the third quarter of 2020. It was the second consecutive quarter that the index indicated positive sentiment as the state continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
“That’s just very, very good news,” said Joe Murphy, executive director of the IBC, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization whose 22 members are the chief decision-makers of the state s largest employers.