06 Jan 2022

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

By Christopher Diebel

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 6, 2022) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2021. 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 68.86.

17 Dec 2021

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.7 Percent in November

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 17, 2021) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in November, down from 3.9 percent in October and 3.9 percent one year ago. The US unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent.

16 Dec 2021

Iowa Business Council Announces 2022 Legislative Agenda

By Christopher Diebel

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 16, 2021) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has identified its 2022 legislative agenda. During the organization’s final meeting of the year, IBC members voted to focus on issues such as competitive tax policy, workforce development, child care and housing.

13 Dec 2021

Iowa Workforce Development to Launch Reemployment Case Management in January

By Jesse Dougherty

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 13, 2021) — Iowa Workforce Development will launch its new Reemployment Case Management (RCM) program next month, formally beginning a new chapter in how the agency will approach unemployment moving forward.

09 Dec 2021

Group O Building State-Of-The-Art Project For World’s Largest Silicone Producer

By Sarah Reemtsma

MILAN, ILLINOIS (December 9, 2021) — One of the world's largest producers of silicone has selected Group O as a strategic partner to manage the filling, packaging, warehousing, and distribution of their construction silicone products.

06 Dec 2021

Applications Now Open for Iowa City Residents to Turn Ideas into Reality through Idea Accelerator Program

By Lara Sisselman

IOWA CITY, IOWA (December 6, 2021) — Heartland Forward and its partners, Builders + Backers and the Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD), have announced that they are bringing their groundbreaking Community Growth Program and Toolkit (CGPT), a first-of-its-kind idea accelerator, Pebble Fund and Buildership(tm) program, powered by Builders + Backers, to stimulate entrepreneurial thinking and action to Iowa City.

06 Dec 2021

Black Hawk Region Pathways Accepted as a Leadership Community

By Susan Zelnio

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 6, 2021) — The Black Hawk Region Pathways joins the Illinois 60 x 2025 Network as a leadership community helping students prepare for careers. Black Hawk Region Pathways [BHRP] will work to expand community-wide systems that assist all students in career exploration & post-secondary options and champions businesses/agencies needs to benefit regional economic development.

02 Dec 2021

Iowa Finance Authority Awards More Than $9 Million to Local Housing Trust Funds to Advance Housing Priorities

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 2, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors have announced the award of a total of more than $9 million in grants to 27 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 more than 2,100 families.

19 Nov 2021

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.9 Percent in October

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 19, 2021) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment-rate dropped to 3.9 percent in October, down from 4.0 percent in September and 4.2 percent one year ago. The US unemployment-rate fell to 4.6 percent.

The number of unemployed Iowans decreased to 64,700 in October from 66,200 in September.

19 Nov 2021

Iowa Opens Applications for Employer Innovation Grants

By Jesse Dougherty

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 19, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a $1.2 million Future Ready Iowa grant opportunity for employers who are developing workforce solutions.

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