Kenda Burrows
$3.2B Illinois budget hole may impact key QC chamber priorities
Illinois lawmakers say they’ll work to invest more in middle-income housing, child care, site-readiness, worker retention and education. But they warned Quad Cities Chamber...
QCBJ Newsmakers: Stakeholders prepare to tackle NorthPark study
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s staff includes some of...
Little Rock Nine isn’t Black, white history, it’s U.S. history
Sixty-seven years after the Little Rock Nine was escorted by armed soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division through an angry white mob to desegregate...
Why employers should ‘kick the tires’ on DoD interns
Not only does the Army’s SkillBridge Program help separating service members transition to civilian life, these Department of Defense interns pay dividends for businesses...
Arsenal leader hopes internship a bridge to new career
By most folks' measure – including his own – recently retired U.S. Army Col. Daniel D. Mitchell was an unlikely intern.
He also was an...
QCBJ Newsmakers: Staples thrives in grad school, more inmates work to graduate
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s staff includes some of...
UPDATE: FTC, AGs sue Deere for driving up farmers’ repair costs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, Jan. 15, sued Deere & Co. for monopoly practices it said unfairly drive up farm equipment repair...
QCBJ Newsmakers: Chamber targets July 2025 for Grow Quad Cities launch
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s staff includes some of...
$1.28M grant helps MetroLINK’s efforts to electrify main street
Moline, East Moline and Rock Island will see a total of eight new electric vehicle fast-charging stations installed for public use in downtown areas...
QCBJ Newsmakers: Birdies for Charity cards another record in 2024
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s staff includes some of...