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The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims in the week that ended on Saturday increased 4% to 54,874, data released today by Iowa Workforce Development shows. In addition, the number of initial unemployment claims …
Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced two competitive funds available for rural communities with a population under 20,000. Funding of up to $400,000 has been allocated to the Rural Innovation Grant …
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Iowa is strongly positioned to compete with other states in 2021, according to indicators measured by the Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard …
Solving the state’s child care crisis was the unanimous No. 1 priority listed in recommendations released in a report last week by the Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The advisory board was created last summer …
The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims last week increased slightly to 52,646, Iowa Workforce Development data shows. The number of claims filed is 2% more than the 51,554 claims filed the previous week. …
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 104.2 in December 2020 from 103.8 in November. With six of the eight components contributing positively, the monthly diffusion index remained unchanged at 62.5 in December from November. …
The U.S. Small Business Administration in January backed eight loans totaling $2,099,700 to Central Iowa businesses, the same number and a comparable dollar amount of loans made by the agency in January 2020. The loans …
The Iowa Business Council released its 2021 Competitive Dashboard report today. Image contributed by IBC
The historic Muscatine County Jail. Submitted photo
Nine Iowa communities have been selected to receive a total of $108,284 in grants for historic preservation projects. The State Historic Preservation Office, a bureau of the Iowa Department …
Kim Frey has been named the new Ames Main Street director and Ames Chamber of Commerce membership coordinator. Frey began her new duties on Feb. 1. According to a news release, Frey comes to Ames …
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