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Editorial: Providing workforce clarity

During Iowa Governor Kim Reynold’s government realignment process several years ago, there was some confusion and angst about which arm of the government would lead the state’s focus on workforce and workforce training. Would it be IowaWORKS or the community…

Iowa football and what stays the same

Aegon doubles down in Cedar Rapids

Iowa Business Council

Focused partnerships; focused growth

Website is critical to tell your story

By Anna Patty | Guest Column The past 12 months have abundantly clarified the importance…

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Trucking continues to deliver

By Brenda Neville | Guest Column One year ago, our lives changed forever when we…

trucking

Sobering statistics

CBJ Editorial We were disappointed, but not surprised, that about 12% of Iowa small and…

UIHC’s pro-business ethos

CBJ Editorial The University of Iowa has had a love-hate relationship with the business community…

An unprecedented stretch of news

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate With all due respect to the generations of…

The nature of courageous leadership

By Jennifer Zach | Guest Column Courageous leadership is a choice, and if there is…

Creative solutions needed to keep workforce in the Corridor

By Jennifer Lawrence | Guest Column As a CBJ subscriber and 25-year local HR professional,…

Iowa can address its digital divide with broadband vouchers

By Brent Skorup and Michael Kotrous | Guest Column  Gov. Kim Reynolds has an ambitious plan…

Iowa fiber internet search

Changing tide of capitalism

CBJ Editorial Over the past several years there has been a change by some of…

Capitalism

Perform a platform audit to improve performance

By Jen Neumann | Guest Column It happens every year at budget time. Our accountant…

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A big loss with Toyota Financial Services

CBJ Editorial The community will need to rely on its sunny disposition now that Toyota…

Toyota Financial Services

Clean energy already provides reliable baseload power

By Katie Rock | Guest Column Our energy system is in the midst of a…

Renewable energy

How much is a trillion?

By Elliott G. Smith | Guest Column The U.S. national debt has climbed to over…

Cash

UIHC’s questionable NL hospital

CBJ Editorial One of the biggest economic advantages of the Corridor is our health care…

Listen to Janet Yellen

To best gauge how legislation might impact public policy, it is often useful to listen…