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Inclusive ICR, a coalition in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor, is offering a new, free tool for area businesses to get assessments on diversity and inclusion efforts.
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Learn about three Iowa towns and how they're trying to better understand themselves and make a path for their future.
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Sioux City is beginning to see some positive economic impacts from four recent renovation and construction projects around the downtown area.
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40 percent of Iowans live outside a metro area. For these small towns, what are they doing to survive and thrive amid trends of population loss?
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After a year when many Iowans were on the internet more than ever, state lawmakers are putting more money than ever before—$100 million—into expanding access to high-speed internet. To help decide where to spend it, the state updated its broadband map that highlights which areas have the least access to high-speed internet. Some Iowans are asking the state to designate their neighborhoods as underserved so they don’t miss out on the chance to have better internet access.
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected many businesses and hit minority-owned ones especially hard. But Latino business owners are starting to recover and feeling optimistic.
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The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has approved awards for several manufacturing companies.
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Tax breaks and government contracts for big tech companies like Google and Facebook could be cancelled under a bill advancing in the Iowa Senate.
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In anticipation of the next COVID-19 stimulus program, Iowa State Extension is reaching out to make sure minority-owned businesses know their options.