Articles Tagged: Unemployment

In other Iowa Capitol news, the state’s new unemployment system went live Tuesday

Under the current system at Iowa Workforce Development, Iowans must use multiple sites and accounts to file unemployment insurance claims and find job postings. The new system will consolidate all employment services on one website.

The Republican governor pushed most — but not all — her priorities across the finish line.

Friday is the 110th calendar day of the 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature. It is the last day that state lawmakers will receive their stipend for daily housing and meal expenses. While their work is nearing completion, here are some of the important tasks that remain.

Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS — the state’s workforce services network — have announced a new partnership that will create a shared Cedar Rapids location near Kirkwood. The IowaWORKS office at Lindale Mall will close.

Company says many impacted workers will have job options with T-Mobile.

The Whirlpool Corporation announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 650 employees from its Amana facility, effective June 1. That’s about one-third of the plant’s workforce.

In an emergency appeal filed Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn’t have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back.

“To ensure we are best positioned to address our customers’ greatest needs now and into the future, we are taking actions to reduce costs and optimize our organizational structure globally. This includes conducting a small reduction of positions,” the company says in a statement.

The judge’s order tells the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury to immediately offer job reinstatement to employees terminated on or about Feb. 13 and 14.

Iowa businesses would pay nearly $1 billion less to fund benefits for unemployed workers under a proposal by Gov. Kim Reynolds advanced by Senate Republican lawmakers.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa’s unemployment, labor force participation rate ticks up

Also, Iowa AG demands company stop suspected scam robocalls

Also, Iowa’s unemployment rate ticked up in August

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds leads trade mission to India