Iowa’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in February. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says there are some signs of tightening in sections of the economy. “Employers shed about 4,400 jobs between January and February, and our labor...
The U.S. Department of Labor is conducting its annual revision in labor numbers to start the new year. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that resulted in the December unemployment number dropping one tenth of a percent. “December was revised...
The Iowa Business Council’s latest survey finds a positive outlook for sales, capital spending, and employment in the next six months. Their survey rates those factors on a 100-point scale and IBC president Joe Murphy says the outlook is healthy....
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says exports from Iowa manufacturing plants in the first 10 months of 2025 were over $1 billion under the same period in 2024, for a drop of 8.4%. Goss surveys manufacturers in Iowa and eight other states monthly and while...
Lying about academic credentials would become a crime in Iowa under a bill that’s been approved by a House subcommittee. Representative Dean Fisher drafted the bill after former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested by ICE agents and false claims on...
