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Working Iowa: IowaWORKS location on Kirkwood campus puts employment services under one roof

IowaWorks moved onto the campus of Kirkwood Community College in October 2025, with the goal of bringing a wide array of employment services under one roof.

First Jobs Matter More Than We Think

Having started Teach for America, back in 1989, and then Teach for All—a network of similar organizations across more than 60 ...

‘Iowa Skilled Workforce Act’ moves through subcommittee and committee

Legislation to change areas of department-approved training and apprenticeship programs moved out of subcommittee and ...
Southeast Iowa Union

Mt. Pleasant Area Development Commission kicks off ‘Together for Tomorrow’ campaign

The Mt. Pleasant Area Development Commission has embarked on an ambitious plan to raise $1 million in private funds to ...
The Gazette

Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs

The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing

Iowa ends 2025 with higher labor force participation

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in December, level with November and up slightly from 3.3 percent one year ago. The labor force participation rate increased to 67.7 ...
CBS News

UPS to slash workforce by up to 30,000 jobs this year

United Parcel Service plans to cut up to 30,000 workers this year as it moves to cut costs, the delivery giant's chief financial officer said Tuesday. "In terms of semi-variable costs, we expect to ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa workforce participation increases, unemployment steady in December

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 ...
KIWA Radio

Iowa’s Workforce Participation Rate Continues To Move Up

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 ...
businessrecord

Iowa’s December workforce data released

Iowa employers shed 3,300 jobs in December, primarily in the areas of private services and manufacturing, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. Iowa’s total nonfarm employment in December ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa lawmakers move bill to tax some university endowments

Legislation establishing a tax on certain university endowments moved out of an Iowa House subcommittee Thursday with amendments already on the way.Video above: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds shares plan to ...
KIMT

Iowa's unemployment steady at 3.5% as labor force grows

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment rate held steady at 3.5 percent in December, matching November's rate but showing a slight increase from 3.3 percent a year ago. Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) ...