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QCBJ 2025 Newsmakers: Project Gateway Phase 2 lifts off soon
WELCOME TO NEWSMAKERS The QCBJ devotes the Newsmakers series to looking back on some of the biggest and most noteworthy stories we covered in 2025 across the Quad Cities region. Each story also includes a small update on the topic or…
Arsenal leader hopes internship a bridge to new career
By most folks’ measure – including his own – recently retired U.S. Army Col. Daniel…
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…
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…
$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…
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…
QCBJ Newsmakers: Youth shelter in works, new members sought
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
QCBJ Newsmakers: Some progress in long effort to win QC passenger rail
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
QCBJ Newsmakers: QCBT marks successful anniversary year full ‘of exciting changes’
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
QCBJ Newsmakers: ‘Happy with progress’ so far in a complex game of Tetris
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
QCBJ Newsmakers: Progress reported for family housing development project
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
QCBJ Newsmakers: Pioneer, Cookie still lifting Modern Woodmen’s brand
This story is part of the QCBJ’s annual Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up by the…
Secretary Osman retires after leading IDOT’s ‘golden age’
Quad Cities leaders are lauding recently retired Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Secretary Omer Osman…
‘Yeah, baby,’ Ploehn is QC’s Most Influential Leader
For Bettendorf City Administrator Decker Ploehn the key to success in government, economic development, community…
Economist sees more of ‘best economy everybody loves to hate’
RSM Analyst Kevin DePew delivered a surprisingly positive message today at the Quad Cities Chamber 2025…
QC businesses grow, as chamber works to attract new industry
Even as multiple existing businesses are or will be expanding their Quad Cities operations, the…
