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Help unlock Arsenal’s potential
Quad Cities leaders are putting their heads together to bring more locals and visitors to Arsenal Island to enjoy the amazing things the Rock Island Arsenal has to offer. The current effort was kickstarted last month at a well-attended “Accelerate…
Editorial: Illinois business rankings improve
We’ve often been critical of Illinois’ business climate – particularly in contrast to Iowa’s –…
United Way QC awards $2M in grants to 53 local nonprofits
United Way Quad Cities (UWQC) announced it has awarded $2 million in grants to 53…
Doubling down on Muscatine
It’s not often that the grand opening of a refurbished historic building outside of Des…
Prison education program deserves credit
Congratulations to Augustana College and its continuation of the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP), which…
Preserve ‘the Rock’
The Quad Cities experienced some economic anxiety over the past couple years when John Deere…
St. Ambrose’s merger with Mount Mercy advances
The idea of merging two businesses is often based on achieving more growth, reducing costs,…
Replace Centennial Bridge
The Quad Cities is all about bridges: the new, magnificent Interstate 74 bridge; the ill-fated…
Leveraging the river
Up and down the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities region has been making incremental strides…
Aligning higher education with workforce
“How can higher education be responsive to the region’s education, training, and economic needs?” It…
Now or never
Everyone knows that Chicago dominates the political climate in Illinois. That puts downstate priorities, which…
Mindrup has a plan for WIU
Leading an institution of higher education is no easy task, particularly if it is smaller…
No closure in apartment collapse
The May 28, 2023, tragic partial collapse of an apartment complex at 324 Main St.,…
QC lawmaker fills Iowa’s No. 2 seat
In politics and governance it used to be an admirable trait to be able to…
Community Foundation welcomes new board members
The Quad Cities Community Foundation has added Quad Citians Linda Andry, Kristen Roberts and Laura…
Jim Leach: ‘Last of a kind’
Over the holiday season former U.S. Congressman Jim Leach died on Dec. 11, 2024, at…
