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Iowa cumulative employment growth in 2025 continues to be the lowest of all post-pandemic years. From December 2024 to May 2025, employment has grown by only 500 jobs. Common Sense Institute

Iowa’s 2025 job growth lags behind post-pandemic years

Iowa’s cumulative employment growth in 2025 is the lowest of any year since the pandemic, according to the latest Iowa Jobs and Labor Force...
Catherine McAuley Center

St. Pius X raises $21K to support Catherine McAuley Center

St. Pius X Catholic Church and its Social Justice Commission raised more than $21,000 in March for the Catherine McAuley Center through a Flash...

Hy-Vee accepting applications for 2025 Opportunity Supplier Impact Summit

Hy-Vee’s Opportunity Supplier Impact Summit will be held in Central Iowa this fall, the company announced Monday. Small businesses and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity...
Corridor Business Journal

Corridor Media Group wins nine AABP editorial excellence awards

The Corridor Media Group, parent company of the Corridor Business Journal and the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal, took home nine total Editorial and...
Clint Twedt-Ball Matthew 25

Matthew 25 founder Clint Twedt-Ball to step down after 19 years of leadership

After nearly two decades at the helm of Cedar Rapids nonprofit Matthew 25, Executive Director Clint Twedt-Ball has announced he will step down from...
Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care Cedar Rapids featured

Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care opens new Cedar Rapids clinic

Hy-Vee Health Exemplar Care has opened a new medical clinic in Cedar Rapids, expanding its direct primary care model with a new location at...
Goldie logo

Travel Iowa launches Goldie, AI-powered travel assistant

Following in the footsteps of larger tech-focused communities, Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Iowa Tourism Office has launched Goldie, a custom AI travel assistant. Powered by...

UI commits $15M in P3 funds to advance cancer care, renovations in FY 2026

The University of Iowa will invest up to $15 million in public-private partnership (P3) funding during fiscal year 2026 to support continued progress on...
Unemployment rate

Iowa unemployment rises to 3.6% in May

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.6% in May, up from 3.5% in April, according to the latest report from Iowa Workforce...
Keyon Shelby, Operations Manager of the Downtown Iowa City Ambassador Program

The Downtown Dish: The Ambassadors of Iowa City with Keyon Shelby and Betsy Potter

On this episode, Charlie is on a summer break so Anna is joined by special guest co-host Betsy Potter, Executive Director of Iowa City...

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