Economic Development

America’s Small Business Development Center has moved its state office and ISU regional office to Iowa State University’s new Economic Development Core Facility at the ISU Research Park. The two offices are now at 1805 …

A report commissioned by Iowa’s United Way organization says 31 percent of Iowans do not make enough to pay for their basic expenses — a figure that mirrors an earlier finding in Polk County and …

In 2015, 38 percent of workers in management, business and financial operations occupations, and 35 percent of those employed in professional and related occupations, did some or all of their work from home on days they worked, …

U.S. states can expand registered apprenticeship programs in good-paying job fields such as information technology, health care, advanced manufacturing, building trades, cybersecurity and business services, using a new U.S. Department of Labor grant. The department …

West Des Moines and Des Moines were ranked among the top 10 cities in the country in which to retire by a new report from Bankrate.com. West Des Moines was ranked fifth among 196 cities, …

Metropolitan areas accounted for 96.5 percent of new jobs created in 2015 — the most since 2000 — and nearly 99 percent of the increase in gross domestic product, according to a report released today …