February unemployment rate drops

February unemployment rate drops

The numbers from February show a slight drop in the state’s unemployment rate. Iowa Workforce Development spokesman Jesse Dougherty says. “The unemployment rate reached 2.9%. So that’s an improvement from the 3% we saw in the first month of the year....
January unemployment rate adjusted down to 3%

January unemployment rate adjusted down to 3%

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics did some tweaking of Iowa’s unemployment numbers at the end of the year leading to a revised rate for January of 3%. Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says it’s something they do every year. The January...