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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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billion in public and private sector investment is happening right now in the Quad Cities, a six-county region straddling the southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois state lines and connected by the two banks of the Mississippi River. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Omaha.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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If this research transfers successfully to clinical application in humans, we could establish personal stem cell banks,” Chen said. “We NBAF Bio-Defense Lab Moves Forward In Manhattan, KS. Rendering of the National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility in Kansas. Roche Breaks Ground On Indy Learning Center.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Here are just a few examples that illustrate how 21st-century renewable energy initiatives are transforming what was a 20th-century steel hub: on the banks of the Buffalo River, one of the largest solar panel factories in the U.S. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment. Andrew Cuomo.

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