Two workforce boards in Iowa are merging to offer better service to businesses and job hunters. The State Workforce Development Board approved the merger of the South Central Workforce Development ...

Iowa added 6,400 jobs in January as the state’s labor force participation rate rose to 67.9%, according to new data released ...

IWD says Iowa establishments gained 6,400 jobs in January, raising total nonfarm employment to 1,584,400 jobs. The monthly ...

UnityPoint Health’s decision to outsource some of its Information Technology and Revenue Cycle operations will affect 11 ...

Iowa’s disability employment program is undergoing restructuring — an outgrowth of the 2023 state government realignment approved by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds — that Iowa ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - Almost 70 Iowa Workforce Development employees are furloughed as the government shutdown continues, WOI reports. The furloughs impact approximately 67 workers from the ...

Iowa Workforce Development merged its system for filing unemployment claims into the IowaWorks system used to train and find people new jobs at the start of the month. IWD director Beth Townsend says ...

Iowa House legislation setting state appropriations for different education systems and programs passed through subcommittee ...

Data centers promise prosperity for a very small group of people at the expense of the rest of us, writes Nate Holdren.

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

Iowa lawmakers pass bill making day care workers eligible for child care assistance at any income level, aiming to stabilize ...