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Iowa cities could charge ticket holders, hotel guests and others to help pay for infrastructure improvements to facilitate the development of sports arenas, concert venues and other attractions under a
Factories and local governments led the hiring in February, adding a total of about 2,000 workers in the state.
Iowa's unemployment rate continues to fall.
Iowa's unemployment rate continues to fall.
DES MOINES, IOWA (March 23, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.9 percent in February from 3.0 percent in January. Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate increased from 3.4 percent to 3.6 percent in February. The number of unemployed Iowans decreased to 50,100 in February from 51,200 in January.The total number of working Iowans increased to 1,671,200