If approved, colleges and universities will have the ability to award federal Workforce Pell grants to students in qualifying ...

Iowa Workforce Development could soon be coming to your neighborhood. The state will begin deploying a 32-foot long bus that will serve as an Iowa Works mobile workforce center, with career counselors ...

IOWA (WOWT) - Iowa’s unemployment rate stayed in line with last month’s figures. A release from Iowa Workforce Development says June’s unemployment rate stood at 3.2 percent, in line with May of this ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s Veterans Day and in this week’s Working Iowa we’re hearing from Dakota Andrew, a Veteran Career Planner with Iowa Workforce Development who helps veterans get jobs. We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Auditor of State Rob Sand speaks at a press conference on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Auditor of State's Office) The ...

Starting Tuesday, Iowans will be able to file for unemployment and search for jobs all in one location. It's part of a new unemployment system the state is launching. Iowa Workforce Development shut ...

As Labor Day approaches, it's been just over a year since Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill dramatically cutting Iowa unemployment benefits. Did the changes return to the workforce Iowans who, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa lawmakers moved legislation out of subcommittee and committee Wednesday that would change who can sponsor apprenticeships and ...

Iowa Workforce Development has granted waivers to two Iowa employers to train 16- and 17-year-olds to perform hazardous work, despite federal restrictions and amid safety concerns including the risk ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - Almost 70 Iowa Workforce Development employees are furloughed as the government shutdown continues, WOI reports. The furloughs impact approximately 67 workers from the ...

Iowa Workforce Development furloughed 67 employees Monday as a result of the federal government shutdown, with the agency saying essential services will continue. Some impacted staff will be off work ...