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Iowa employers had more workers on payrolls in January than they did before start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest federal jobs report.
Iowa’s unemployment rate was 3.0 percent in January, down from the 3.1 percent initially announced in December. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate
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According to newly disclosed state data, 89 percent of the overpayments made last year were not the result of unemployment fraud, but of state decisions that were reversed on appeal or innocent mistakes made by Iowans seeking benefits.
Overpayments doubled last year, and were 6,086% higher than in 2017.