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Iowa unemployment insurance rates to remain at lowest level in 2027
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (111+ words) Business Record Staff | Sep 3, 2026 | 3:43 pm | | 113 words | All Latest News, Finance & Insurance, Government Policy and Law, Registered | Bravo Greater Des Moines is accepting applications for its operating and public art grant programs…. Vylor has launched Vylor Edge, a new global investment…...
State agency releases July???s jobs report
2+ week, 1+ day ago (263+ words) Business Record Staff | Aug 20, 2026 | 2:41 pm | Businesses in Iowa shed 3,100 jobs in July, ending four straight months of job growth in the state, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. The local government sector contributed to a majority of the job…...
Stronger working families
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1300+ words) Macey Shofroth | Aug 7, 2026 | 6:00 am | Early in Colby Reed’s supervisory career at Metro Waste Authority, the wife of one of his employees had a baby. The employee took two days off in order to save his PTO. At the time, the…...
Registration open for 2026 HousingIowa Conference in Des Moines
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (105+ words) Business Record Staff | Jun 19, 2026 | 10:43 am | In 2025, some of the proceeds from the Principal Charity Classic were designated for a… T12 Distillery, which is continuing to develop plans for a location in Bondurant’s Grain District… Businesses in Iowa added 3,400 jobs in May,…...
Iowa adds 3,400 jobs in May as unemployment falls to 3.2%
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) Business Record Staff | Jun 18, 2026 | 4:20 pm | Businesses in Iowa added 3,400 jobs in May, marking the third consecutive month of employment growth, according to Iowa Workforce Development data released today. Overall, the state’s nonfarm employment increased to 1,584,500, up from 1,581,100 in April. Since…...
Iowa Leading Indicators Index rises in April
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) Business Record Staff | Jun 8, 2026 | 4:04 pm | The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased 0.2% to 108.3 in April from 108.1 in March. The monthly diffusion index increased to 87.5 in April from 68.8 in March. Meanwhile, the Iowa nonfarm employment coincident index recorded a 0.07% decrease in April…...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index remains above growth neutral despite highest inflation reading in four years
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (652+ words) Business Record Staff | Jun 1, 2026 | 4:29 pm | The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index dropped from 56.0 in April to 54.4 but remained above growth neutral for the fourth straight month. The index, which tracks business conditions across a nine-state region including Iowa, points…...
Lennar, second largest US home builder, entering Des Moines market
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1126+ words) Kathy A. Bolten | May 26, 2026 | 4:19 pm | Lennar Corp., the nation’s second largest home-building company, is entering the Des Moines market, a move that will likely increase competition among area home builders and provide more affordably priced homes for consumers. This spring, the…...
Central Iowa home construction lagging behind 2025
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (102+ words) Business Record Staff | May 20, 2026 | 4:10 pm | | 109 words | All Latest News, Housing, Real Estate and Development | David Odekirk has been appointed chief judge of the First Judicial District of Iowa, the… Amanda Lewis will become the Des Moines school district’s director of…...
Median home sale price in Des Moines area drops 6.3% in April
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (159+ words) Business Record Staff | May 15, 2026 | 3:23 pm | The median sale price of homes sold in the Greater Des Moines area dropped to $295,000 in April, $20,000 less than March’s median sales price of $315,000, according to data from the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors....