Grocery store growth and margins reshape Iowa Corridor market
Iowa retailers report lean profits narrowing margins in towns like Linn and Johnson counties. ESRI analyzes supply and demand across eight counties, noting Johnson and Black Hawk face higher demand than supply while Linn, Polk and Scott meet or exceed local needs. Trader Joe's planned Coralville store signals competition.
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Michelle Hurd
Iowa Grocery Industry Association
Linn County
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Geographic Information Systems
Redlands
Calif
ESRI
Infogroup
U.S
Securities and Exchange Commission
Johnson County
Iowa
Linn, Polk
Scott
Johnson
Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids
West Des Moines
Hurd
The
Food Marketing Institute
Hy-Vee
Linn
Johnson Counties
Coralville
North Liberty
Tina Potthoff
ACA sunset risks loom for Iowa health care funding
The ACA faces possible repeal and sunset effects on Medicaid expansion and Medicare, with Iowa potentially losing 7.4 billion in federal funding over a decade. The Urban Institute warns 230,000 Iowans could lose coverage, while Eastern Iowa Health Center reports a 63 percent rise in patient encounters and a 176 percent jump in homeless patients from 2014 to 2015.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Kristin Wendlanat
Iowa City
Fareway
Wendlandt
Costco
New Pioneer Co-op
ACA
Congress
Joe Lock
Eastern Iowa Health Center
Cedar Rapids
Lock
The
Urban Institute
Iowa
Fed
Community Health Free Clinic
EIHC
Darlene Schmidt
Obamacare repeal timeline for replacement remains uncertain
Senior Republican aides say repealing Obamacare could take weeks to months while crafting a replacement may require years. They anticipate a first-half 2017 repeal, with the exact effective date pending the Trump administration and transition team input.
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Washington
Congress
Donald Trump
Trump
Barack Obama
House of Representatives
House
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