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Iowa City Community School District must protect our teachers

Avid readers of the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal (QCBJ) or frequent attendees of QCBJ events may know that my wife, Aspen Lohman, is co-owner of the Corridor Media Group Inc., which publishes the QCBJ and the Corridor Business Journal…

Deere & Co. earnings report John Deere laid off

Farm economy struggles

Welcoming new EICC chancellor

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…

retiree appreciation sustainment

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…

history 13th president woman WIU

No closure in apartment collapse

The May 28, 2023, tragic partial collapse of an apartment complex at 324 Main St.,…

The Davenport

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…

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Jim Leach: ‘Last of a kind’

Over the holiday season former U.S. Congressman Jim Leach died on Dec. 11, 2024, at…

John May is our pick

We congratulate Bettendorf City Administrator Decker Ploehn for being selected by QCBJ readers as the…

Corn Belt Port amplifies the Mississippi

The Mississippi River is the most important asset to the Quad Cities region. Unfortunately, for…

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