Editorials

Alliant proposed power plant airport hazard areas

CBJ Editorial: Scrap the proposed natural gas power plant

Mark Twain was quoted as saying: “Buy land, they aren’t making any more of it.” Fortunately, early leaders in Cedar Rapids heeded this advice and acquired a significant amount of land in the very southwestern portion of the city to…

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Editorial: Support local media

Jim Leach. CREDIT National Endowment for the Humanities

Editorial: Jim Leach was ‘last of a kind’

workforce

CBJ editorial: End of an era

Fundraising innovates in the Corridor

How do we fundraise for needy nonprofit organizations when our social fabric and connectivity seems…

Editorial: Iowa’s transcendent women’s basketball team

What we witnessed this past season with the hype and success of the University of…

Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball bobblehead

Editorial: Collins’ important new investment

There has been a troubling spate of our region’s biggest businesses announcing job cuts over…

Raytheon Technologies Collins Aerospace Cedar Rapids

Health care mergers back in fashion

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be on the back burner, mergers are happening…

Editorial: Moxie’s collateral damage

In 2016, we celebrated Moxie Solar as the Fastest Growing Company in the Corridor with…

Moxie site

Editorial: CR’s mojo continues into 2023

Cedar Rapids arguably had its most successful business expansion year ever in 2022, with a…

Editorial: A giant passes

Former University of Iowa President Willard “Sandy” Boyd passed away in December at the age…

Editorial: Duane Arnold saga continues

Nothing is simple or easy when it comes to utilities’ energy decisions. Utility executives have…

Editorial: Iowa City’s evolving chamber

Twenty years ago the idea of merging the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce and…

Editorial: Eastern Iowa Airport, Kirkwood aviation program a great match

Two of the Corridor’s most important institutions came together to create another regional win-win. The…

Editorial: A much needed UIHC audit

The first step in a treatment plan is to acknowledge that you have a problem.…

Editorial: Economy continues to confuse

There are myriad economic indicators that business leaders gauge to help them thoughtfully navigate an…

Editorial: Two heavyweights depart

Carroll Reasoner recently retired as University of Iowa vice president for legal affairs and general…

Editorial: Missing nuclear power in Iowa 

It is noteworthy to point out that Germany and California are now desperately trying to…

Editorial: Randy Ramlo’s well-deserved retirement

The United Fire Group (UFG) is somewhat of a throwback company. Instead of a faceless…