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Are cuts to Iowa's unemployment benefits getting people back to work or risking losing them?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoThe plan by Gov. Kim Reynolds, Republican lawmakers and Iowa Workforce Development was simple in...
Iowa governments are hiring! If they weren’t, state would fall further behind U.S. economy
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn unlikely source has propelled Iowa's economic momentum this summer: government jobs. The state...
Weeks after cyberattack, Iowa unemployment, job search site finally back online
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIowans receiving unemployment payments will need to resume required reports of their search for work...
Iowa economy reaches milestone, passing pre-pandemic payroll employment count
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIowa employers had more workers on payrolls in January than they did before start of the COVID-19...
Iowa labor force participation rate reaches highest level in Iowa since pandemic
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoIowa’s labor force participation rate has reached a level that had not been achieved since before...
Once its economic engine, Des Moines' financial industry shedding jobs, led by Wells Fargo
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoFirst in a series. When Wells Fargo & Co. announced another round of cuts last fall, losing its...
15 states chose not to participate in Summer EBT for hungry kids. Here's why
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAntarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Getty Images/Westend61 In early January, the United States Department...
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' claims of top rankings for Florida
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGov. Ron DeSantis used his annual message to the state Legislature to leave voters in Florida — and...
Washington is not meeting the needs of small businesses, new survey finds
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Biden will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver the State of the Union, and while...
Opinion: Bipartisan efforts on industrial hemp expand markets for Iowa farmers
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI planted my first crop at age 15. Today, 45 years later, I am about to harvest another one. Similar to working a criminal case when I was a Johnson County deputy sheriff, I don’t give up easily ...