An amended bill is advancing through the Iowa state legislature, requiring identity and employment eligibility verification ...

UnitedHealthcare is slated to hire 400 employees in Iowa, according to We Are Iowa. The hires will triple the payer’s Iowa workforce to meet new client demand. UnitedHealthcare is among the insurers ...

A bill that would have had five Iowa community colleges start offering a limited number of four year degrees has stalled in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa Rep. Taylor Collins, chair of the House Higher Education Committee, spoke at a news conference Feb. 4, 2026 about House ...

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 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - New data from Iowa Workforce Development reveals an increase in the state’s unemployment rate. Iowa’s unemployment rate for the month of June is 3.7%, up from May’s 3.6% ...

Iowa House Minority Leader Brian Meyer, D-Des Moines, fields questions during Iowa PBS' "Iowa Press" at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston, Iowa, on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Iowa PBS screenshot) Buy Photo ...

While Iowa’s public universities support one in every 10 jobs and generate billions of dollars in economic impact statewide, legislation has been introduced that would impose yet another layer of ...

Iowa regent universities are proposing cutting majors after workforce-alignment review. What changes at UI, ISU and UNI could ...

Iowa boasts a higher six-year graduation rate — at 73 percent — across its public universities than any state in the nation, a meaningful statistic for a region facing growing workforce demands and ...

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...