Iowa labor force participation rises to 67.9%; unemployment holds at 3.4%

Iowa added 6,400 jobs in January as the state’s labor force participation rate rose to 67.9%, according to new data released ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa Workforce Development site worked through a few issues in transition

Iowa Workforce Development merged its system for filing unemployment claims into the IowaWorks system used to train and find people new jobs at the start of the month. IWD director Beth Townsend says ...
The Gazette

Capitol Notebook: Workforce Development leader tells Congress about Iowa benefit changes

Iowa Workforce Development Executive Director Beth Townsend testified this week in front of a U.S. House subcommittee on work and welfare, highlighting the state’s revamp of its unemployment system ...

Iowa needs workers, but Iowa lawmakers are driving them away | Opinion

The state keeps adding policies that send a clear message that immigrants are not welcome here, write Pete Hird and Erica ...
Opinion
Times CitizenOpinion

Buschkamp: We need workforce training program funding source

As Executive Director of Iowa Falls Area Development Corporation (IFADC), I want to bring attention to legislation currently moving through the Iowa Legislature—Senate File 2301 and House Study Bill 7 ...