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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 …

Iowa lost many older workers who are not being replaced by younger or new Iowans, the ISU professor says.

Iowa lost many older workers who are not being replaced by younger or new Iowans, the ISU professor says.

Though Iowa’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 2.9 percent in October, the state’s labor force participation rate stayed at 67.7 percent.

Erroneous payments were made during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic when unemployment claims surged as businesses closed

Higher interest rates increase the cost of doing business, which leads to a slowdown in all aspects of business, including hiring, and sometimes leading to layoffs.

Iowa Workforce Development recently announced plans to buy a 32-foot-long, custom-built bus to deliver workforce assistance to all corners of the state.

Unemployment insurance rates for Iowa employers will drop to a 24-year low, beginning in 2023, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced this week.