DES MOINES, IOWA (January 13, 2021) — The head of NIFB, or the National Federation of Independent Business in Iowa, Matt Everson, applauded Governor Kim Reynolds for her leadership and commitment to small business issues in her 2021 Condition of the State.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 11, 2021) — On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021, reauthorizing and extending the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, and the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program. The CAA also created the Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 7, 2021) — The number of initial unemployment claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, December 27, and Saturday, January 2, was 8,236, an increase of 1,095 from last week’s adjusted numbers.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 7, 2021) — The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2020. The survey's overall economic outlook index rose to 62.5, increasing 3.78 points from the third quarter of 2020. This marks the second quarter in a row where the index has measured above 50, a finding that represents continued positive economic sentiment as the state emerges from the pandemic.