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Iowa unemployment rate holds steady at 2.8% in May
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in May, unchanged from April and the same as one year ago, according to a June 20...
Cedar Rapids mayor asks in 2024 State of the City address: ‘What Is Your...
Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell chose a short but impactful quote from author Simon Sinek to encapsulate her theme for the 2024 Cedar Rapids State of...
Reynolds, NASCAR executive among 2024 Iowa ABI Conference headliners
The annual 2024 Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Taking Care of Business Conference – coming to Davenport next month – will host...
Linn County supervisors set to consider wind energy ordinance update
Revisions to Linn County’s utility-scale wind energy ordinance are on their way to the county Board of Supervisors, after the Planning & Zoning Commission...
Iowa unemployment rate decreases to 2.8% in April
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in April, down from last month’s rate of 2.9% and equaling the rate from a year ago,...
Defense contractor selects Crystal Group to provide radar servers for Army
Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge computing solutions, has secured a multimillion-dollar contract with a major defense contractor to...
Farm & Home Mutual Insurance celebrates 150 years in Washington
There’s no real secret why the Farm & Home Mutual Insurance Association in Washington has remained in business for 150 years – establishing itself...
Cedar Rapids wins SBA award as Iowa Small Business Community of the Year
The Iowa district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named the City of Cedar Rapids as the winner of the 2024...