Thu Sep 10, 2020
Pandemic exacerbates Iowa’s workforce diversity gaps
DES MOINES - Uncertainty continues to swirl around Iowa's employment market after COVID-19 business shutdowns brought histori...
Thu Sep 10, 2020
Safe communities expert to keynote Gazette’s Iowa Ideas Conference in October
David Kennedy, in an August New Yorker magazine article, proposed what he deemed as a new way to prevent community violence -...
Wed Sep 9, 2020
Food deliveries booming in pandemic while other parts of ‘gig economy’ not in demand
Just like other sectors of the workforce, the 'gig economy' hasn't been able to navigate the coronavirus pandemic unscathed -...
Mon Sep 7, 2020
Guaranty Bank block development talks resume with Cedar Rapids officials
CEDAR RAPIDS - A $50 million project to restore the historic Guaranty Bank Building and partially restore the Old World Theat...
Sun Sep 6, 2020
Drop in Johnson County hotel stays crimps city budgets
CORALVILLE - FRYfest - a celebration of all things Hawkeye - should have been last week in Coralville, drawing thousands of f...
Sat Sep 5, 2020
Damage from derecho could lead to economic ‘spark’ in Cedar Rapids
Cindy Lint has been unemployed since April, struggling to find jobs during a pandemic when they are hard to come by. She can'...
Wed Sep 2, 2020
Carson King to be keynote speaker at 2020 Iowa Ideas Conference
Beer drinker and football fan turned philanthropist Carson King will be one of the keynote speakers for The Gazette's 2020 Io...
Mon Aug 17, 2020
Iowa State begins unprecedented fall semester after typical weekend partying
With students back in Ames for Monday's start of classes, onlookers over the weekend flooded social media with photos of pack...
Sat Jul 4, 2020
Professors and students in Iowa face virtual limits to education
IOWA CITY - Sitting six years ago in a leather-bound arm chair next to Chris Merrill - director of the University of Iowa's e...