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Iowa's labor force participation rate is 68.8 percent for July, up from 68.2 percent at the same time last year ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Governor Kim Reynolds on Wednesday announced a new grant opportunity intended to reduce language barriers in ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Workforce Development announced the schedule of unemployment insurance rates used to tax Iowa employers will ...

Iowa Workforce Development has awarded a total of $3.6 million to dozens of the state’s registered apprenticeship programs.

Iowa’s three percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped below the 3.6 percent national average in April and is down from ...

Jessica Dunker of the Iowa Hotel & Lodging Association and Iowa Restaurant Association says after COVID-19, the industry needs "to ...

Iowa paid $26.7 million for unemployment insurance claims in December, less than half of the $57 million that was paid ...

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in October, down from 4.0 percent in September and 4.2 percent ...

Workforce advisors will meet weekly with individuals receiving benefits and use new technology to “proactively and systemically” match them with ...

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in August, down from 5.3 percent one year ago.