A misunderstanding purportedly led a farmland owner to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture to overturn protections for millions of acres of ag wetlands. A judge is considering requests to dismiss the case before it goes to trial.
To mark the start of Earth Month, Cedar Rapids Transit will not charge a fare Tuesday to ride a city bus.
A federal judge has dismissed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers seeking to shutter the Dakota Access Pipeline, which cuts across Iowa.
NewBoCo has provided high-quality computer science professional development to Iowa educators from kindergarten through 12th grade, helping them integrate computer science lessons into their classrooms with confidence. This year’s courses will occur July 14-18, 2025 at Iowa State.
Scammers now use new AI technology to mimic the voice of someone and create a phone call or voicemail recording. This “voice cloning” technology has recently advanced, and anyone with the right software can clone a voice from a very small audio sample.
Larry Tiah has watched his southeast Cedar Rapids store, Hela African Food Market, grow. The store features a variety of African foods and seasonings as well as clothing. KIVA loans have helped the business grow.
QTS Data Center CEO Chad Williams will step down from the CEO post April 18. Williams founded QTS from scratch and grew it into a $60 billion company. QTS is in the early stages of building a Cedar Rapids facility of at least $750 million.
Andrew Saulnier launched A Closer Look in December 2006 and has seen business grow steadily. Saulnier sees about 80 percent of his business come from real estate agents and lenders.
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 Linn County Food Symposium was launched after the COVID pandemic, in response to questions about local food options. Those questions have started popping up again as the federal government announces tariffs that could increase the cost of food produced outside the United States.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a batch of bills into law
The state’s grain indemnity fund will pay farmers 90 percent of their loss, up to $300,000. The fund was established by the Iowa Legislature in 1986 and accrues via a per-bushel fee on purchased grain and fees on licensed warehouses and grain dealers.
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