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The University of Iowa will begin offering a new certificate program in business analytics in Des Moines starting this fall, providing an opportunity for advanced study in a rapidly growing field. The new program is one of several the university’s Tippie College of Business is rolling out in response to the economy’s growing...

A new report shows while nearly 94 percent of Iowa households have at least some form of broadband Internet access, a significant gap still exists between availability in rural areas and urban centers. Connect Iowa, a public-private nonprofit initiative, has been collecting data related to the state of broadband...

Iowa has worked its way from No. 7 to No. 1 in wind energy. By the end of 2014, Iowa produced 28.5 percent of its electricity from wind energy, the highest in the country. That number is expected to increase to more than 30 percent by the end...