20 Jan 2023

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 3.1 Percent in December, Capping Strong Year of Recovery

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 20, 2023) — Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent in December, down from 3.9 percent a year ago, while the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in December.

13 Jan 2023

Iowa Restaurant Association 2023 Legislative Priorities

By Emilee Zimmerman

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 13, 2023) — The Iowa Restaurant Association, which advocates with the state legislature and state agencies on behalf of Iowa’s 6,000+ restaurants and bars, has announced the group’s 2023 legislative priorities. The Association will collaborate on several issues with other industries seeking to address workforce shortages, as well as ways to alleviate a portion of credit card fees charged to businesses that collect state sales tax.

11 Jan 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Expands Registered Apprenticeship Grants to Grow Health Careers

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 11, 2023) — Yesterday, Governor Kim Reynolds announced during her Condition of the State address a new $15 million round of funding targeted at growing Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs across high-demand fields in health-care. The expanded Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program will support more programs that help Iowa meet the demand of its health-care workforce.

09 Jan 2023

Gov Kim Reynolds Awards Second Round of Child-Care Business Incentive Grants

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 9, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a second round of grant awards targeted at supporting child-care slots through meaningful business incentives. A total of $443,234 will be awarded through Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support five projects involving eleven participating businesses that will help create 77 new child-care slots.

09 Jan 2023

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Encourages Iowa Lawmakers to Keep Small Businesses at Forefront During 2023 Legislative Session

By Emily Carson

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 9, 2023) — Small business owners across Iowa, along with the National Federation of Independent Business (or NFIB), the state’s leading small business organization, are encouraging state lawmakers to listen to small-business owners as they continue to recover from the pandemic and economic setbacks. Today is the first day of the 2023 legislative session.

09 Jan 2023

Funding Opportunity for New Summer Youth Internship Grants to Open January 16

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 9, 2023) — Governor Reynolds has announced a new round of funding that will soon be open to support Summer Youth Internship opportunities across Iowa. A total of $379,000 will be available for Future Ready Iowa’s Summer Youth Internship Program grants, which support the creation of internship programs for Iowa’s youth between the ages of fourteen and 24 that help prepare them for high-demand careers in the workforce.

05 Jan 2023

Iowa Business Council (IBC) Projects Positive Six-Month Economic Outlook

By Joe Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 5, 2023) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2022. The report measures member expectations for sales, capital spending, and employment for the next six months. If the index measures above fifty, sentiment is positive. The fourth-quarter survey's overall economic-outlook index is 59.26, up 0.51 index points from the third-quarter report.

13 Dec 2022

Iowa Solar Association Offers Support to Iowans Impacted by Moxie Solar Closure

By Jessica Maldonado

NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA (December 13, 2022) — The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA) is reaching out to Iowans to offer help to those impacted by the 

12 Dec 2022

Solidarity Rally Planned to Support Rail-Workers

By Lance Coles

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 12, 2022) — The SMART Transportation Division, BLET, and other organized labor groups plan to rally December 13 in support of freight rail-workers after the US government imposed a contract on members of SMART-TD and three other unions December 2.

08 Dec 2022

Iowa Finance Authority Awards More Than $11 Million to Local Housing Trust Funds to Advance Housing Priorities

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 8, 2022) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors has announced the award of a total of more than $11 million in grants to 26 Local Housing Trust Funds to support local housing initiatives. The grant awards are made available through the Local Housing Trust Fund program and are expected to assist 2,390 families.

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