by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 26, 2024 | Military, News
High school students got a chance to explore careers with the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Wing Thursday. Tech Sergeant Adam Allen is one of the guard’s recruiters. “They get a chance to come and talk to individuals to do the jobs every day....
by Dar Danielson | Apr 18, 2024 | Business, News
The unemployment numbers for March are out and Iowa Workforce Development Executive Director Beth Townsend says things are holding steady. “Pretty stable from last month it’s down a little bit from the revised February number of 3.0% down to 2.9 in March,...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 4, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Workforce Development is now using what’s called the ID.me identity verification system for unemployment claims IWD executive director Beth Townsend says it’s a modern system that adds another level of protection to keep unemployment benefits from...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 21, 2024 | Business, News
The numbers from February show a slight drop in the state’s unemployment rate. Iowa Workforce Development spokesman Jesse Dougherty says. “The unemployment rate reached 2.9%. So that’s an improvement from the 3% we saw in the first month of the year....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 15, 2024 | Business, News, Politics & Government
Democrats: workers losing jobs from plant closures should get up to 39 weeks of unemployment Senate Democrats are proposing an extension of unemployment benefits for workers at a Perry pork plant who’ll be laid off at the end of June. Tyson announced earlier...
