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.

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.

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.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (December 5, 2022) — In the third quarter, the Iowa banking industry demonstrated strength and met Iowans’ financial needs amidst persistent inflationary pressures and rising interest rates, according to data released Thursday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. At Iowa banks, loan growth continued and asset-quality measures remained favorable.