Iowa Business Report

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition June 29, 2023       Iowa Business Council president Joe Murphy breaks down data from the group's new quarterly member survey.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition June 28, 2023          Financial journalist Jordan Goodman on predictions for the growth of Artificial Intelligence/AI in the next quarter century.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition June 27, 2023          Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on bipartisan legislation to limit foreign purchase and ownership of U.S. agricultural land.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition June 26, 2023          Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA04) on plans in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to extend the 2017 federal tax law provisions.

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition June 23, 2023         Jim Mudd, Jr., CEO of Cedar Falls-based Mudd Advertising, which is looking to expand as it nears its 42nd anniversary in business.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition June 22, 2023          Grant Kimberley, executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, on Wednesday's news about future renewable fuel standard volume requirements and the economic impact of the decision on Iowa.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition June 21, 2023           Craig Steen of Red Oak-based JBI Distributors and Services, which is offering new technology to help combat biosecurity issues on the farm.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition June 20, 2023     Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA02) on legislative efforts to override the restrictions on the pork industry put into place via California's Proposition 12 initiative.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition June 19, 2023    Financial journalist Jordan Goodman, who reacts to last week's move by the Fed to not raise interest rates this time, but to raise rates two more times yet this year.

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition June 16, 2023   Kim Augspurger, chair of the board of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry, on the mood of Iowa businesses heading into the last half of 2023.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition June 14, 2023          Mike Ralston, president of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry, which will welcome more than 500 attendees to its annual "Taking Care of Business Conference" in Cedar Rapids this week.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition June 15, 2023   Gov. Kim Reynolds talks about the impact of the Iowa Caucuses on economic development and the state's ability to promote itself to a global audience.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition June 13, 2023          Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on the state joining a lawsuit against the EPA for granting California a waiver that would lead to banning non-electric transport trucks in that state.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition June 12, 2023         Financial journalist Jordan Goodman assesses the chance the Fed will increase interest rates again at its meeting on Wednesday.

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition June 09, 2023        Steve Storkan, executive director of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network, on the group's goal of increasing employee ownership of existing businesses.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition June 08, 2023        James Klein, president of Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust, which held a groundbreaking for a downtown location expansion this week.

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition June 07, 2023       Doug Fricke of the World Pork Expo, which will bring more than 10,000 pork producers and ag professionals to Des Moines over the next three days.

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition June 06, 2023       Colin Hurd is CEO of MACH, an Iowa-based company focusing on automation for various industries, including agriculture.

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition June 05, 2023      Financial journalist Jordan Goodman breaks down the stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report released last Friday.

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Iowa Business Report Friday Edition June 02, 2023     Miranda Hammes of New Leader Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids talks about development of a strong and growing workforce at the company.

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition June 01, 2023       Joel Griffith of the Heritage Foundation expresses concern about the debt ceiling package passed by the U.S. House Wednesday.