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Members of UI's graduate student worker union COGS gather Wednesday outside the Pentacrest. Wages are not keeping step with inflation and are not sustainable, they say.

Iowa Board of Regents finalizes contracts with COGS, SEIU

The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to ratify collective bargaining agreements with Campaign to Organize Student Workers, or COGS, the University of Iowa graduate student employee union, and the UI Health Care workers union, Service Employees International Union Minnesota…

UIHC settles $15 million class action lawsuit with employees

Approximately 11,000 University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics employees will receive a combined $15 million…

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. CREDIT CBJ

ChildServe to expand Coralville facility, open satellite location in Hiawatha

ChildServe, a specialty pediatric health care provider for children and young adults with special health…

ChildServe Iowa City

UnityPoint recognized for its cardiovascular care

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has earned recognition from the American College of Cardiology…

St. Luke’s Hospital

Workers lose $900 million per year through wage theft, report finds

An estimated 250,000 Iowa workers are losing out on more than $900 million per year…

Wage theft is a larger scale issue than previously thought, Common Good Iowa discovered in a report released Oct. 13.

University of Iowa pauses search for new VP, Carver College dean

The University of Iowa is temporarily suspending its search for a new vice president for…

After missteps, Wolf Carbon poised to redo public meetings in December

A company that wants to build a carbon dioxide pipeline in eastern Iowa is expected…

Wolf Carbon

Elevated Cuts in Marion celebrates grand opening

Elevated Cuts, located at 3217 Seventh Ave., in Marion, will celebrate a grand opening with…

IEDA announces $96 million investment in Iowa’s small businesses

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has announced a $96 million investment in growing Iowa’s…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

Linn County enacts three-month solar moratorium

A minimum three-month moratorium is now in place for consideration of new utility-scale solar or…

Linn supervisors solar moratorium

GALLERY: Bowling and mingling with the CBJ’s Forty Under 40

On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Corridor Business Journal hosted an exclusive congratulatory happy hour for…

Forty Under 40 SpareMe Iowa City

National ACT score average sinks to 30-year low

The national ACT score average for the high school class of 2022 was 19.8, the…

National ACT score average

New affordable housing project proposed in Cedar Rapids

A new 44-unit affordable housing project could be on the horizon on the fringes of…

Affordable housing brickstone Cedar Rapids

Performing arts boarding high school opens in Iowa City

Auditions will be held January and February 2023 at ICON Arts Academy, a new performing…

Beth Brown and Leslie Nolte are co-founders of ICON Arts Academy in Iowa City.

Collins Community Credit Union lays off 38 employees

Collins Community Credit Union has laid off 38 employees. According to a Worker Adjustment and…

Collins Community Credit Union

Rural Ideas Network receives grant boost for innovation efforts

The Rural Ideas Network has been awarded a $412,105 grant from the federal Economic Development…

A partnership between the Rural Ideas Network and the East Central Iowa Council of Governments has been awarded a $412,105 grant from the Economic Development Administration.