DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July but remains down from 2.8 percent one year ago. The state’s labor force added 2,700 new workers in July, increasing Iowa’s labor-force participation rate to 68.8 percent. That is up from 68.2 percent a year ago and equals the participation rate in March 2020.

Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate decreased to 3.5 percent in July from 3.6 percent the month before.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 14, 2023) — Entering Year Five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that multiple projects in the Quad City area are completed, planned or underway, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by Governor JB Pritzker’s historic, bipartisan capital program.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 10, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a new funding opportunity targeted to support CDL programs at Iowa Community Colleges. The Iowa CDL Infrastructure Grant will provide $5 million in grants to support the infrastructure of programs that train individuals working to receive their commercial driver's license (CDL).

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA (August 8, 2023) — Google has announced it is investing $350 million this year at its Council Bluffs data-center campus. This builds on Google’s more than $5 billion investment in the state since breaking ground on the site in 2007.