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Two organizations that serve immigrant and refugee communities in Iowa have won funding to help address the state’s worker shortage.

The closing of TPI Composite’s wind turbine blade plant in Newton is another setback for the community that was home to Maytag. But demand for the blades is strong if the company can find a new customer.

The housing market is experiencing a boom across the United States. Many Latinos in Iowa have taken the opportunity to go into construction or even start their own businesses.

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the portion of a Waterloo "ban the box" ordinance that prevents businesses from asking about a prospective employee’s criminal record on a job application. But the court found the city cannot ban employers from making hiring decisions solely on an applicant’s criminal history.

Job stability has shifted a lot in the past ten years. IPR wants to know how things have changed in your community.

During the first wave of the pandemic, an eastern Iowa turkey processor said it would have to furlough hundreds of employees. But it has since seen a rebound in business.

Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City has found new internships for international students that came to the college on non-immigrant visas.…

A western Iowa college says it has found new internships for dozens of international students who were facing being sent home by the end of January…

Gov. Kim Reynolds Tuesday highlighted National Apprenticeship Week at a farm equipment dealer in Nevada that got state support to help develop a training…

A northwest Iowa food processing plant that was idled last spring has been bought by a new owner.Oklahoma-based Lopez Foods, Inc. bought the Cherokee food…