Economy

Even before the pandemic, Iowa had a housing crisis, but COVID-19 has just made it worse. That's according to Ericka Petersen, Assistant Litigation Director for Iowa Legal Aid.

A new USDA program promises more than a billion federal dollars to expand broadband access nationwide.

Even though they're still on strike, John Deere will continue to provide health care benefits for its hourly workers.

The Rock Island School District has completed another major addition to one of its buildings. Friday, students and local officials cut a ribbon at Washington Junior High School for a 2.1 million dollar renovation and expansion.

Now that the moratorium on evictions in Illinois has ended, tenants and landlords have started going to court. In Rock Island County, Project Now and several other agencies are offering an eviction diversion program.

This could be a very expensive winter for residents of the Quad Cities area, and even across the country. That's because the cost of natural gas for heating is rising, and could reach the highest levels since the winter of 2007 and 2008.

Residents of East Moline may soon begin paying more for water and sewer service. Monday night, the city council discussed a consultant's study recommending rate increases for each of the next three years.

Few details are available, but negotiations resumed Monday between John Deere and the UAW.

An effort has started in the Quad Cities to track and reduce plastic pollution in the Mississippi River. Friday, local leaders asked residents to join the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative.

Adam Tooze, author and professor at Columbia University, talks about his recent book, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy, including lessons learned, supply chain disruptions, the role of China, inequality, health care, the partisan divide in the US and much more.