July 11, 2025 | Public Policy
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Help us develop our 2026 public policy priorities by taking this short survey. Our advocacy priorities are based on input from leaders in business, e...
Read Post June 24, 2025 | Public Policy
Federal Policy Update More than 40 business, nonprofit, education, and government leaders from across the Eastern Iowa Corridor came together in Washington, D.C. to advocate f...
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June 13, 2025 | Public Policy
Business and civic leaders from across the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City region traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this week to advocate for federal policies critical to Eastern Io...
Read Post May 19, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update The Iowa legislature adjourned early Thursday morning, 13 days after their scheduled end, and after they approved an overall state budget of $9.452 billion...
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April 25, 2025 | Public Policy
Voter Resource Guide 2025 – Special Election HD78 A special election has been called for House District 78 SE Cedar Rapids, in order to fill the vacant seat of Sami Sc...
Read Post April 11, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update Last Friday marked the second and final legislative funnel of the session. To remain viable, policy bills had to pass one chamber and clear a full committe...
Read Post April 1, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update April 4th marks the second and final legislative funnel of the session. Policy bills must pass in one chamber and advanced out of full committee in the opp...
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March 27, 2025 | Economic Alliance News, Public Policy
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation earlier this month announced Barbra Solberg, Public Policy Strategist of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, was selected to part...
Read Post March 14, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update The first funnel deadline of the 2025 session was last Friday. Following this deadline, hundreds of bills did not survive, making them ineligible to advanc...
Read Post February 28, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update Legislators have one week to go until they reach the first funnel deadline of the session. Bills that pass at least one chamber’s committee remain eligib...
Read Post February 14, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update Lawmakers continued to introduce bills and hold subcommittee and committee meetings on various issues this week. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (I...
Read Post January 31, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update This week, legislators continued holding subcommittee and committee meetings on proposed bills. The first funnel deadline, requiring bills to pass out of c...
Read Post January 17, 2025 | Public Policy
State Policy Update In her annual Condition of the State address earlier this week, Governor Reynolds highlighted previous state achievements and looked ahead to her prioritie...
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October 31, 2024 | Public Policy
The Common Sense Institute (CSI) is a non-partisan research organization dedicated to promoting economic prosperity and free enterprise. CSI hopes to help the public understan...
Read Post October 17, 2024 | Public Policy
Election 2024 has arrived, and again the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has made it easy for our members to get to the polls and VOTE! With our 2024 Voter Resource Guide...
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