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Little change in number of unemployed Iowans, state reports

The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims in the week that ended on Saturday was changed little from the previous week, according to Iowa Workforce Development.


The state agency reported that 53,935 Iowans filed …

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Partnership’s policy forum focuses on child care challenges

The struggles of child care in Iowa and bills circulating through the Legislature to address those challenges were the focus of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s first public policy forum Tuesday.

The discussion, the first …

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Unemployment back pay faces further delays for some

Des Moines Register: Some Iowans will not immediately get all of the unemployment benefits owed to them when long-delayed federal jobless funds begin reaching recipients next week, Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend said Tuesday. After …

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Opening of third round of Iowa Energy Center grants announced

The Iowa Energy Center Board and the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the opening of the third round of the IEC Grant Program this week. The program is designed to facilitate energy-related economic development, with …

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Iowa receives nearly $1.8M from DOL to combat fraud in pandemic unemployment claims

The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday announced it has awarded $49 million in grants to support 28 states and territories to assist with fighting fraud in two federal pandemic relief programs. The agency made the awards, …

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SBA webinars to provide overview of COVID-19 economic assistance programs

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Iowa District Office will host two webinars offering small business owners in Iowa a one-hour live overview of the SBA’s COVID-19 Economic Assistance Programs. These identical sessions will be held …

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Iowa unemployment claims up 4% from a week ago

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 …

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Governor announces funds available to support rural projects and housing assessments

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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Broadband expansion, population growth key goals outlined in Iowa Business Council’s annual dashboard

 

 

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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 …

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Child care, broadband expansion among top priorities of Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

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 …