The unemployment contribution rate for employers will be adjusted on Jan. 1, Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) announced Thursday. The contribution rate, which is based on wages, will be set at $24,700 for 2011. Noting that …
Tough government follow-through on a freshly minted U.S. financial law will be crucial to ensure no bank or firm grows so large that its collapse could jeopardize the entire economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded three grants totaling $1,047,754 to Iowa colleges and clinics. Drake University will receive $396,000 for health professionals programs, Free Clinics of Iowa in Des Moines …
Officials from CGS Tires U.S. Inc. joined Iowa Gov. Chet Culver this morning in a signing ceremony for a $924,000 economic development award to the company for its new tire manufacturing facility in Charles City. …
Sen. Tom Harkin announced that a grant of $67,500 has been approved from the National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund to improve Jester Park in Polk County. The funds will be used to …
Consumer spending rose at the strongest pace in four months in July, supported by a small gain in incomes that offered hope consumers will be able to keep contributing to a modest recovery, Reuters reported …
Two films, “Sam Steele & the Junior Detective Agency” and “Ash,” have received tax credits through the Iowa Film, Television and Video Promotion Program. These are the first two films that have successfully been awarded …
Every now and then, the candidates for Iowa governor must stop and think: “Do I really want this job?”
As the nation’s governors gathered for a meeting earlier this summer, a reporter for The Cook …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $84.1 million to Iowa through its Disaster Recovery Enhancement Fund as part of $312 million in grants made to 13 states. The funding is intended …
The American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) has named Jay Byers chair of its Government Relations Division. Byers, senior vice president for public policy at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, will begin his one-year term …
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