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Back to School: Gym Class (How Nonprofits Should Not be Like Tennis)

Serena-ity Now! On the blog we've been going "back to school," and our lessons wouldn't be complete without a mandatory gym class. Which brings us to the question: is there gender bias in sports? Duh, yes. Mos def. It's been especially newsworthy…
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Retire with a Reason: Read GFLF's Latest Article in The Iowa Lawyer

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The September edition of "The Iowa Lawyer" is now out! Published by the Iowa State Bar Association, this month focused entirely on retirement-related topics. According to the ISBA, there are approximately 2,300 ISBA members who are 60 and older.…
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I Have a Dream: 55 Years Ago Today

There are few speeches that resonate across space and time in the way that Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech has. Delivered on this day in 1963 from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., the iconic speech has inspired the…
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Tax Talk: Iowa's Inheritance Tax

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We talk about taxes and fees a lot in estate planning because if you don't have a quality plan in place your estate will likely be hit with taxes and fees to a varying degree. Actual figures depend on the gross value of your estate, what state…
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Tax Talk: If You Die in Iowa is There a State Estate Tax?

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There's that pragmatic, and slightly depressing saying that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. But what about taxes on death? Just like you can't escape taxes in life, they government can tax your estate at death. Indeed, it's…
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Estate Planning Event at Iowa State Bar Association

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Undoubtedly knowledge is power when it comes to understanding how different laws directly affect you. Indeed, living in a modern society mean that an interplay of laws govern pretty much every aspect of our lives in one way or another—even…