Unemployment rate moves up for first time in 4 months

Iowa’s unemployment rate went up for the first time in four months in August — moving from 2.8% to 2.9%. Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend says the state is doing well despite several manufacturing layoffs. “Even though we saw a slight uptick in unemployment…we’re 20,000 jobs over where we were this time last year,” She […]

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