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Economic Development

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Iowa Workers’ Comp launches web-based filing system

The Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation has launched a web-based filing system for attorneys, workers, employers and insurers. The new Workers’ Compensation Electronic System will allow the division to transition from paper filing to electronic …

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Iowa’s mainstreet index falls

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index for Iowa fell to 49.9 in July, a tick below growth-neutral. The reading was down from June’s 51.1.

There was good news on the job market, at least in urban …

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Iowa unemployment rate steady

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2.4% in July, a tick below the 2.5% of a year ago. The number of unemployed Iowans rose to 41,400 in June from 40,700 in May. That number now stands …

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IEDA backs projects in DM, Winterset

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board last week approved aid for four projects that included operations in Winterset and Des Moines.

Helena plans $47M DM facility
Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC, formerly known as Helena Chemical Co., …

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Nationwide misses goal, will pay state $3M for job losses

Nationwide plans to repay nearly $3 million in state aid because the company eliminated 646 of the 1,570 jobs it promised to keep for 10 years as part of an expansion. Nationwide reported it will …

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SBA backs $2.3M in loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration in June backed nine private loans for mostly small projects in Central Iowa.

The $2.3 million in loans was for projects expected to create a combined 17 jobs and to …

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Nominations open for Iowa Job Honor Awards

Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging Iowans to make nominations for the sixth annual Iowa Job Honor Awards. The Iowa Job Honor Awards program is accepting nominations for its sixth annual event set for Oct. 10 …

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Rural Iowa workers lose in state plan to consolidate workforce regions, local leaders say

Des Moines Register: Leaders representing half of Iowa’s 99 counties lodged a federal protest last month to the state’s plan to cut unemployment service regions by nearly two-thirds. The local officials, many of whom are county …

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Iowa sets business filings record

Iowa set a record for most new business filings for the fourth straight year, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced. Some 24,720 new businesses filed with the state in the year that ended June 30. …

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Des Moines Partnership develops prospectus for Opportunity Zones

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has developed a prospectus to share information on seven Opportunity Zones in metro area. The Opportunity Zone program is touted as having the potential to create jobs and spark economic …

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