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Proposed Alliant power plant near airport raises concerns
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission is expressing safety and proximity concerns about an Alliant Energy proposal for a new natural gas-fired power plant near Fairfax and just west of the Eastern Iowa Airport – a plant that could be considered…
Reynolds begins reopening 77 of state’s 99 counties
IMAGE: Gov. Kim Reynolds announces the loosening of some restrictions during her Monday press conference.…
Ag tech startup Rantizo joins COVID-19 fight
A drone spraying seating in a stadium. CREDIT Rantizo By CBJ News Staff [email protected] …
Feds set to refill loan fund for small business
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] More relief for small business is on the way after the…
ADM idles ethanol production at Cedar Rapids plant
The ADM dry corn milling ethanol plant in southwest Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By…
Restaurant Association says industry on ‘precipice of collapse’
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Restaurant Association has released dire statewide numbers indicating…
Unemployment claims in Iowa still high, but falling
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Workforce Development reports 27,912 initial unemployment insurance claims were…
EntreFEST going virtual for 2020
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] EntreFEST, June’s two-day conference celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation, has announced…
Amergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business
Raytheon Technologies is developing a wide range of space-based sensors for missile warning. CREDIT RAYTHEON…
Iowa unions want better COVID-19 protection
The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Unions…
Inside Iowa’s grassroots campaign to produce PPE
Engineered Plastic Components began producing FDA-compliant face shields at its Grinnell facility on April 3…
Raytheon Technologies lifts off with plenty to prove
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Raytheon Technologies will have some big commitments to live up to…
P&G sees sales jump as consumers stock up
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Sales surged at consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in…
Corridor business owners question process for Iowa relief program
Jon Sewell, owner of Iowa City’s D.P. Dough and chairman of CHOMP Food Delivery Services,…
Iowa banks handled $3.7B in PPP loans in first week
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa banks helped approve nearly $3.75 billion in loans through…
Diversity Straight Up: The power of a seat at the table
In the latest (remote) episode of the CBJ podcast, “Diversity Straight Up,” hosts Sarika Bhakta…
