CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Iowa - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 78,723, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Iowa were 74,153, the U.S. Burea  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 31, 2024, entitled "Iowa Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Iowa had 75,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 67,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the job openings rate in Iowa was 4.4 percent in May and 4.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, Kansas (JULY 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected three organizations pursuing environmental education projects in Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri to receive a total of $280,000 in Environmental Education Grants. These projects are a part of a national selection of 38 organizations set to receive over $3.6 million through EPA's Environmental Education Grants progra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Explosion and fire at the site in December 2022 started a multi-agency, multi-year investigation and cleanup * * * LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 1, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has completed oversight of removal operations by the potentially responsible party at the C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa. After the explosion and fire on-site on Dec. 8, 2022, the Iowa Department   more