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Observant drivers around Iowa may have noticed more and more new car washes popping up over the past few years, many of which are tunnel-style, subscription-based washes. It’s a statewide and national trend that has some owners of older car washes worried about keeping up.

Higher rates would exacerbate energy burdens on low-income residents, the Clean Energy Districts of Iowa argues.

“Now, Ring hopefully will altogether be out of the business of platforming casual and warrantless police requests for footage to its users,” Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in a statement on Wednesday.

Employees need training in handling workforce violence

How to stay positive in the new year

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

Junior Achievement, Busse, Mount Mercy team up in simulated budget -- and life -- exercise