Jobless rate inches up

Iowa’s Workforce Development office reports the jobless figure at four-point-one percent, up just a tenth of a percent from both last month and the figure one year ago. Labor analyst Ann Wagner in the state’s Workforce Development office says the numbers...

Utility prices expected to go up

A utilities analyst says Midwesterners should expect to pay higher electric bills this summer, but Bryan Spratt says it won’t be because of a heat wave.Regardless of the weather, Spratt says he’d anticipate much higher power prices for the remainder of the...

Dubuque lawmaker elect to lead Democrats

Democrats in the Iowa House have elected a long-time lawmaker from Dubuque as their new leader. Representative Pat Murphy will replace retiring House Democrat Leader Dick Myers. Murphy’s predecessor was quick to turn a phrase or tell a joke to make his point,...