Legislation to change areas of department-approved training and apprenticeship programs moved out of subcommittee and ...

Iowa House Republicans released their plan Wednesday to fill workforce shortages in Iowa by increasing funding and reducing ...

Advocates, providers and parents from across Iowa gathered at the Statehouse this week to press lawmakers for changes they say are critical to stabilizing the state's child care system, as part of ...

Included in the funding is $3,000,000 for the North Iowa Corridor Workforce Housing Initiative to address a shortage of ...

The Iowa Skilled Workforce Act was introduced Wednesday. The bill would increase the 84E Apprenticeship Act funding from $3 ...

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’s labor force participation rate has reached a level that had not been achieved since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new monthly figures released by Iowa Workforce Development. The ...

Iowa Workforce Development reported Thursday that initial unemployment claims nearly doubled from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5.The IWD said it received 10,747 initial claims, compared to 5,390 claims reported in ...

Iowa's construction employment has hit the highest level recorded in data going back more than 30 years. Released this week, the Iowa Workforce Development monthly report says the construction sector ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A new report from Iowa Workforce Development found Iowa lost around 7,400 jobs over the last year. According to the report, unemployment has risen from 2.7% to 3.3% from 2024 ...