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Members can directly elect UAW leaders; will they?
Just weeks after striking John Deere UAW members returned to work, they joined UAW members across the nation in electing to change the way...
Economist: Ingredients in place for record economic growth
Despite a lingering global pandemic and rising inflation worries, the U.S. economic outlook is brighter than it’s been since the Great Recession of 2008-2009,...
New bridge, sporting events cushion drop in QC tourism numbers
Sports tourism, a diversified tourism portfolio and construction of the new Interstate 74 Bridge are among the reasons Quad Cities visitor spending outperformed expectations...
Illinois-bound I-74 span opens to traffic
Just a day and a half after Quad-Citians took their first steps on the new Interstate 74 bridge, motorists are now driving on the...
New Amazon center rising up in north DavenportÂ
Motorists who travel Interstate 80 north of Davenport have had a front-row seat for the rapid rise of a new Amazon robotics fulfillment center...
Quad Cities celebrates I-74 bridge completion todayÂ
Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities residents are invited today to take their first steps on a new Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge that was...
Labor educator on Deere strike: a win for everyone Â
The five-week UAW strike that led to a groundbreaking contract was a victory not only for 1,100 union workers, but for Deere & Co....
Sisters’ gift helps better the lives of fellow Mercer County residentsÂ
ALEDO, Ill. -- A grassroots organization -- powered by residents and created to write a strategic plan for Mercer County -- reports that it...
Elevate Illinois aims to raise state’s imageÂ
As its inaugural year draws to a close, an organization launched in January to elevate downstate Illinois’ battered image is working to rewrite the...
Union workers to vote on latest Deere contract offer, includes minor changes
Some 10,000 striking UAW workers are voting Wednesday on a Deere & Co. contract proposal that their union leaders have characterized as the company’s...