The U.S. Labor Department conducted its annual revision of labor numbers and found there were 31,000 more people in the Iowa labor force in January. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend ...

The state unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percent to 3.5% in April. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that’s partly because more people are looking for work. “We had 5,000 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa leaders are seeing an increase in people joining apprenticeships, the Department of Workforce Development has announced $3.4 million to support those programs. That ...

DES MOINES — An Iowa senator wants federal investigators to look at abuse of power allegations he’s leveled at a top state director. Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo, claims Iowa Workforce Development ...

DES MOINES --- While Iowa’s economy is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in some ways, at least one significant pocket of disruption remains: in the state’s workforce, where thousands of Iowans are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Auditor of State Rob Sand speaks at a press conference on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Auditor of State's Office) The ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment insurance system is undergoing a significant transformation. The existing system will go offline Tueday and will be replaced with a modernized platform aimed at ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa businesses shed 2,700 jobs in June, lowering total nonfarm employment to 1,590,700, according to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- The number of unemployed Iowans rose over the past month, according to the new monthly jobs report from Iowa Workforce Development. New hires ...