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Southeast Services Corporation to lay off 31 workers in Mount Vernon
Southeast Services Corporation (SSC), an educational facilities management company, will lay off 31 employees in Mount Vernon, according to a notice posted to the Iowa Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act website. The layoffs were announced July 11 and will…
Iowa’s unemployment rate increases to 10.2% in April
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 10.2% in April,…
Frustration returns for bankers in round 2 of PPP
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa banks struggled to get Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…
Reynolds begins reopening 77 of state’s 99 counties
IMAGE: Gov. Kim Reynolds announces the loosening of some restrictions during her Monday press conference.…
Feds set to refill loan fund for small business
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] More relief for small business is on the way after the…
ADM idles ethanol production at Cedar Rapids plant
The ADM dry corn milling ethanol plant in southwest Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By…
Restaurant Association says industry on ‘precipice of collapse’
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Restaurant Association has released dire statewide numbers indicating…
Letter: More clarity (and funding) needed for PPP
The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy and its impact on Corridor businesses and…
Iowa unions want better COVID-19 protection
The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Unions…
Iowa’s economic growth lagged U.S. in 2019
A chart showing state-level GDP growth numbers for 2019. CREDIT U.S. BEA By CBJ…
Small businesses relief on hold as details worked out
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] President Donald Trump signed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief…
Largest stimulus bill in history passes Senate
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The largest economic stimulus package in history moved a big…
Vote set on $2 trillion stimulus bill
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The U.S. Senate will vote this afternoon on a massive…
More financial support coming for Iowa small businesses
By Adam Moore [email protected] There’s more support coming for Iowa small business owners facing economic…
Diversity Straight Up: Thinking globally, leading locally
In the latest episode of the CBJ podcast, “Diversity Straight Up,” hosts Sarika Bhakta and…
Closing DAEC won’t help climate change
CBJ Editorial It has been interesting to note the increasing number of elected officials and…