I-JOBS?

Iowa has been bonded, by the Big Lug Nut, into debt for the next 20 plus years, at a cost of $875 million (plus interest), so the state can --

create/retain jobs

rebuild communities impacted by the natural disasters of 2008

invest in Iowa’s infrastructure

promote long-term economic growth

There are now concerns in Fort Madison because an Illinois contractor has submitted the lowest base bid to build a new state maximum-security prison and that is raising questions about how many construction jobs will be held by out-of-state workers.

Technically, Illinois jobs are still "I" jobs and the scientific community is united in that fact.

How is it that work on the prison can be ahead of schedule despite all the year’s rain when Culver blamed the rain as the reason construction jobs fell to the lowest number in Iowa in 10 years?

Yesterday, The I-JOBS Board awarded Cedar Rapids $1.075 million to help build a floodable outdoor riverfront amphitheater that last month the city listed as disaster-prevention.