Opinion: The Iowa Caucuses need Obama
We were disappointed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) no longer guarantees that Iowa will be the first in the nation in the presidential...
Important CID money
The Eastern Iowa Airport is one of the Corridor region’s most important economic development drivers. Its success is our success and vice versa.
That’s why...
Big CEO retirementsÂ
The Great Resignation or Great Retirement isn’t limited to the average worker. It is impacting chief executive officers as well.
There are only a small...
Henry B. Tippie: An Iowa icon
Corridor native Henry B. Tippie, an Iowa icon, passed away Sunday, Feb. 20, at the age of 95.
There are few business leaders from Iowa...
Health care’s dramatic changes
Health care is one of the largest, most complicated and regulated industries. It is also going through a dramatic evolution, no more so than...
A bold, new workforce program
We have lauded Kirkwood Community College’s ability to develop programs that create a win-win situation in the region. They did that again with a...
What are our audacious regional goals?
We have a great region in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor. But, still, we could be much better if we actually work together on...
Gunasekaran CBJ’s most influential again
We congratulate UnityPoint-St. Luke’s president and CEO Michelle Niermann for being selected by CBJ readers as the Most Influential person for 2021. Her calm...
Preamble to Most Influential
In next week’s issue, we will publish our annual list of the region’s most influential leaders as selected by CBJ readers, as well as...
Large-scale solar is the new bugaboo
Nuclear power in the 1970s became a bugaboo with the not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) citizenry and especially environmentalists, even though it has been proven to be...