A new report linking pesticide overuse to children’s health issues has ignited a battle within President Donald Trump’s circle of support, pitting powerful agrichemical giants against some organic food advocates.
Midwest Safety Partners focuses on providing a variety of safety training classes in the Cedar Rapids area. The company offers certification training in first aid, infant/child/adult CPR, use of a defibrillator (AED), and basic life support and can customize classes to help meet requirements.
Sometimes, without even knowing it, people say things to co-workers that could be considered discriminatory and open up legal risk. It’s important to avoid these topics, or, if you’re a manager, stop them.
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.
Clean energy advocates say Iowa stands to lose jobs, manufacturing facilities, renewable energy project expansions and face more expensive utility bills if Congress passes the budget reconciliation bill as is.
Iowa businesses will see a $1.2 billion reduction in unemployment insurance taxes over the next five years under legislation signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday.
County ordinances in Iowa that restrict the placement of carbon dioxide pipelines are overruled by the authority of state and federal regulators and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court decided Thursday.
Deal is expected to close later this year and mean faster deployment of next-generation services to both homes and businesses in Burlington, Fort Madison, and Keokuk.
While the U.S. economy looks good underneath the surface, uncertainty around the impact of Trump’s tariffs and trade policy has kicked up a “bunch of question marks in the air, you know, dust in the air that makes the visibility low” for the Fed to consider lowering short-term borrowing costs, said Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee.
Total passenger totals up about 8 percent over 2024 numbers at this time, and airlines are adding capacity to summer flight schedules at the airport.
The popular “American Saloon” country-themed bar in downtown Cedar Rapids has announced plans for a second location on the Ped Mall at 118 S. Dubuque St.
There’s a new option for burgers in Benton County.
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