Julia Druckmiller's stories
Minimum wage hike recommended for Linn County
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett shown during the 2015 State of the City speech. The mayor was among Linn County’s Minimum Wage Study Group urging the state’s legislature to raise the minimum wage to avoid patchwork regulations. By Dave…
Hit the emotional hot button for your brand
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Column We’d all like to believe we’re highly rational creatures,…
How we remember(ed) Vietnam
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial I had planned to write this month about echoes…
FSB keeps it neighborly
Brothers Gene Neighbor, FSB president and CEO, Doug Neighbor, vice chairman, and Kent Neighbor, chairman,…
Corridor community banks not ready for ‘endangered’ list
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Small community banks are hanging on in the Corridor, despite…
Builders question cost of proposed CR topsoil policy
Houses under development on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids, shown on a recent morning.…
How to use executive sessions
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Column The executive session, or a meeting of the board…
How innovators trump innovations
By Jean Kruse / Guest Column “Great business people are more important than great ideas,”…
Predict the future with strategic planning
By Nancy Garberson / Guest Column Any organization that wants sustained growth needs to conduct…
Community Financial Corp. in bid to acquire Linn County State Bank
The Linn County State Bank branch at 1295 Blairs Ferry Road, Marion. By Dave DeWitte…
Lock that data up
Loras Evan of RSM US LLP discusses cybersecurity during the CBJ’s Nov. 4 Power Breakfast.…
Make your contribution to happiness
By Gale Mote / Guest Column Last week, while I was fueling my car, I…
Survivorship: Life after winning the cancer war
By Tim Charles / Guest Column Cancer is a frightening diagnosis. The State Health Registry…
Why confidence makes all the difference
By Greg Dardis / Guest Column My work as a dad and as the president…