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Escucha Mi Voz urges Johnson County officials to strengthen workplace safety protections for immigrant workers
Escucha Mi Voz, a grassroots immigrant advocacy organization with a focus on workplace justice and immigration reform, is urging local governments in Johnson County to adopt policies that protect immigrant workers from workplace raids and create provisions for legal and…
Newsmakers: Shopping ahead
MAR 1 With online grocery sales projected to reach $250 billion by 2025, Corridor stores…
Newsmakers: Banks rally to the rescue — again
FEB 1 Last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program issued 5.1 million…
Newsmakers: Residential rebound
JAN 11 Corridor residential developers and city planners enter 2021 cautiously optimistic after weathering months…
IUB holds public informational meeting, hearing on Duane Arnold solar proposals
Dozens of speakers largely supported a pair of industrial-scale solar energy projects near the former…
A career of mission-driven service
Michelle Niermann wasn’t always destined for a career in health care administration. A native of…
Cedar Rapids officials propose major upgrades to Water Pollution Control Facility
Significant upgrades are being proposed for the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) near…
TAI sets cybersecurity as top legislative priority for 2022
At the end of each year, the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) announces a list…
Corridor employers sorting out challenges and opportunities
“There’s an element of learning to live with some version of what COVID is,” said…
Local nonprofits share their struggles, progress
In-person tutoring services are returning to pre-pandemic levels at the Catherine McAuley Center (CMC), which…
Volunteering pivots to meet new realities
According to a recent AmeriCorps report, “Volunteering in America,” Iowa ranks fourth in the nation…
UI expert: ‘Hard to see the downside’ in potential Amtrak route
Suppose an Amtrak route stretching from Chicago to Moline one day reaches Iowa City. In…
Infrastructure bill reignites talks of Amtrak route between Chicago, IC, Moline
A train route from Chicago to the Quad Cities and Iowa City has renewed hope…
UI Tippie College honors HNI’s Jeff Lorenger with Oscar C. Schmidt Award
The shared value of putting people first has repeatedly brought together HNI Corporation’s leadership team…
Shop local
There are so many reasons to buy from small, locally-owned retailers that the feel-good of…
‘Black Friday’? It’s more like ‘Black Autumn’ now
For years, “Black Friday” served as the unofficial launch of the holiday shopping season, a…