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The number of Iowans filing weekly unemployment claims jumped to 57,089 last week, a nearly 12% increase from the previous week, according to data released today by Iowa Workforce Development. It is the fourth consecutive …
The innovation that occurred in 2020 as the community faced challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and racial justice movements will continue into 2021 as Central Iowa begins work on a new five-year vision plan, leaders …
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 103.8 in November 2020 from 103.5 in October, according to the Iowa Department of Revenue. November is the fourth month that the index has increased since the COVID-19 …
Iowa Workforce Development released guidance today for several federal unemployment assistance programs that were extended recently by Congress. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed into law on Dec. 27, Congress reauthorized and extended the Pandemic …
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, announced today that the Paycheck Protection Program will reopen the week of Jan. 11 for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. To promote …
Brian Crowe, the current vice president for business attraction at ICR Iowa, was named Thursday as the new executive vice president of economic development at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. He fills a role left open …
Corridor Business Journal: Iowa appears to be among the states benefiting from a trend of do-it-yourself movers leaving densely populated U.S. areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new U-Haul report analyzing migration trends from …
The number of Iowans filing weekly unemployment claims climbed to 52,137 in the week that ended on Saturday, a 15% increase from the previous week, Iowa Workforce Development reported today. A year ago, 39,135 Iowans …
Small business loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to Central Iowa businesses topped $89 million in 162 loans in 2020, a 24% dollar increase from the $71.7 million in 146 loans backed in …
With leaders of the state’s largest companies forecasting higher sales, higher employment and higher capital spending over the next six months, the Iowa Business Council released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook for 2020 today, showing growing …
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