DES MOINES --- While Iowa’s economy is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in some ways, at least one significant pocket of disruption remains: in the state’s workforce, where thousands of Iowans are ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa leaders are seeing an increase in people joining apprenticeships, the Department of Workforce Development has announced $3.4 million to support those programs. That ...

State Auditor Rob Sand speaking at a recent news conference in his office. (RI file photo) A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has found the head of a taxpayer funded program to help ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment insurance system is undergoing a significant transformation. The existing system will go offline Tueday and will be replaced with a modernized platform aimed at ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A former program director for Children and Families of Iowa (CFI) misspent more than $400,000 over a period of about seven years, according to a new report from State Auditor ...

The U.S. Labor Department conducted its annual revision of labor numbers and found there were 31,000 more people in the Iowa labor force in January. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend ...

High school student Vance Dudley and Principal Eric Kilburn record podcasts at a studio located at Sioux City's Career Academy. Students of the Career Academy can study more than 30 different pathways ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment rate slightly increased to 3.6% in May, rising from 3.5% in April, according to Iowa Workforce Development (IWD). The labor force participation rate also saw an ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers ...

Iowa’s overall unemployment and labor force participation rates remained steady in February despite anxiety over the potential effects of federal government spending cuts and impacts from ...

When Jonah Salow chose to pursue a four-year degree at Iowa State University following his high school graduation, he believed it was the only way for him to get the job he wanted. After leaving the ...