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It’s time to LIFT Iowa small businesses and make communities stronger

As a small business owner, I know what it feels like to face a project and wonder, “How am I going to pay for this?” More importantly, “How am I going to do it with sky-high interest rates?” The first…

Pay your team to innovate in 2024

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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…

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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…

Big glass ceiling breaks

Two significant glass ceiling barriers were broken over the past several weeks. First, and most…

Helping CR businesses

While many communities do this, it was nevertheless nice to see the city of Cedar…

Building your family’s media budget for 2021

As a budget-minded participant in your place of work, you know what it’s like to…

Learning from ICR’s failure

The joint economic development venture between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City was supposed to attract…

Downs, Hayworth land city leader awards

We have long thought that the Corridor is blessed with some of the best city…

Downs, Hayworth land city leader awards

We have long thought that the Corridor is blessed with some of the best city…