The credit union is trying to shrink the gap between Black and white homeowners by pledging $1 billion over 10 years in home loans to people of color. The credit union this week committed $500 million to loans to people of color on top of $500 million announced last year for home loans to Black borrowers.
The scientists from Florida State University and Duke University found that 90% of children born in the U.S. between 1950 and 1981 had blood-lead levels higher than the CDC threshold. And the researchers found significant impact on cognitive development: on average, early childhood exposure to lead resulted in a 2.6-point drop in IQ.
Join us at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, for our first Business Breakfast of 2022 as we enter Pandemic Year 3. The live, virtual event, “Doing Business in PY3: How businesses can gain traction,” is sponsored by BerganKDV.
President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Officials announced Monday that they have identified bird flu in a commercial turkey flock in northwest Iowa, the state's second case of a virus that has been identified in multiple U.S. states.
The price of regular gasoline broke $4 per gallon on average across the nation on Sunday for the first time since 2008.
Cedar Rapids business All Out Rampage is space for trashing cellphones, computers and other appliances with baseball bats, golf clubs and sledgehammers, located at 371 Edgewood Road NW.
Cedar Rapids Marketplace’s Cherie Edilson to speak at next 1 Million Cups
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.
The Iowa Development Authority and the Governor’s Office awarded $20 million in Manufacturing 4.0 Workforce Innovation grants to 46 companies in Iowa.
Solar energy installations proved so popular that the $5 million Iowa lawmakers appropriated for the tax credits ran out. So rather than get their tax credit, nearly 3,000 homeowners were put on a waitlist. They’re still waiting.
The state of things for the Cedar Rapids’ metro area’s commercial real estate for 2022 likely will look a lot as they did in 2021, according to a new report from GLD Commercial.
Daily News, Sports, and Opinion
Delivered to your inbox every day
Daily Newsletters