Articles Tagged: Unemployment

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a class-action lawsuit over Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to end pandemic-related unemployment benefits early.

Lawmakers seek data on what unemployment tax cut could mean

Also, House passes penalties for ‘grooming’ by teachers

Also, some Iowans will get Google refunds

Also, state auditor warns of increased check fraud

Fewer workers means fewer laid-off workers — but was law change a factor?

Two Franklin County officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Hampton man who was wielding a pellet gun will not be charged, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office determined Monday.

Iowa law enforcement will be out on the road Wednesday ready to pull over speeding vehicles and motorcycles as part of a multistate traffic safety awareness campaign.

An Iowa youth counselor who was fired for physically striking one of her clients has been denied unemployment benefits.

Also, governor signs butchery grant bill

The bill would allow Iowa cities to impose up to a 3 percent surcharge on retail, food, alcohol, ticket and hotel room sales to fund entertainment districts.

A year after enacting stricter requirements for Iowans who receive unemployment, a new Republican bill would require Iowans to conduct more job searches in order to earn benefits.

According to newly disclosed state data, 89 percent of the overpayments made last year were not the result of unemployment fraud, but of state decisions that were reversed on appeal or innocent mistakes made by Iowans seeking benefits.

The bill would make more jobs legal for 14- to 17-year-old Iowans, and allow them to petition the state for even more work opportunities under the proposal that Democrats say could put young Iowans at risk,

DES MOINES — Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent in December, the same rate as November, according to Iowa …