IOWA

Nichole Reicher’s new beauty business is more like an art class, she says. She opened Beauty EDIT in Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia neighborhood on March 1. The makeup and skin care store represents a new retail business model for the young entrepreneur and trained makeup artist. Cedar Rapids Gazette 

NATION

More than two dozen women have filed lawsuits against McDonald’s or filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission saying they were sexually harassed while working for the fast-food chain. USA Today

More and more investor funds in North America are investing exclusively in startups led by women. They now number about 57 with capital exceeding $1.5 billion. Inc.com 

Lawmakers are seeking to revive efforts to put Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist who led hundreds of people out of slavery, on the $20 bill. The Hill