Board approved awards for five companies that will help create 536 jobs and $268.2 million in new capital investment for the ...

If you have any questions about the Laborshed project, please contact Sam Queen at samuel.queen@iwd.iowa.gov or 515-281-8179 or Andrew B. Clark at the Clarke County Development Corporation: 115 E ...

Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the December unemployment number held steady while the number of people looking for work increased. “Our unemployment rate is 3.5%, and our labor ...

Statewide Iowa (RI) — Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the December unemployment number held steady while the number of people looking for work increased. The total number of ...

Iowa’s unemployment rate in November was 3.5%. That’s a two-tenths of a percent drop from September, the last month data is available due to the federal government shutdown this fall. Iowa Workforce ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capital Bureau) - Iowa’s unemployment rate is rising faster than the national average, according to the delayed figures released on Wednesday by Iowa Workforce ...

Iowa’s workforce is showing mixed signals. Fewer people are working compared to a year ago and more are unemployed. While many employers have slowed hiring, others struggle to fill open positions.

The number of Iowans working in the state increased to 1,664,100 in January, the highest it’s been since June 2023, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. In December, 1,661,400 Iowans were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the federal government shutdown begins its fourth week, Iowa Workforce Development is furloughing or partially furloughing 67 ...

Of the impacted employees, most will be reduced to working two days a week while others will be completely off of work, until the shutdown concludes. Farm-state Republicans finally reach their ...

Approximately 67 federally-paid workers from the agency's Unemployment Insurance and Labor Market Information Divisions were impacted, an IWD spokesperson confirmed to Local 5. Of the impacted ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s unemployment rate held steady for the 5th straight month, while Iowa saw a slight uptick in unemployment in August. A report released Friday shows Nebraska’s ...