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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited two small North Iowa businesses this week. Naig was at Twisted River Farm in Mitchell on Tuesday evening, and at Red Boar Ridge near Northwood on ...
Iowa businesses will see a nearly $1.2 billion tax cut on the money they pay into the state's unemployment trust fund under a proposal lawmakers passed and is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law that will cut taxes on Iowa businesses by $1.2 billion over the next five years, lowering the amount that they pay into the state's unemployment trust fund.
Iowa businesses will see a $1.2 billion reduction in unemployment insurance taxes over the next five years under legislation signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday.
Iowa's legislative session wrapped up in May with priorities that will impact cell phones, classrooms, local governments, universities, health, and more.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of several businesses and organizations filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the new Iowa law putting regulations in place for pharmacy benefit managers, the companies ...
Iowa importers paid $90 million in tariffs in April 2025, a 304% increase from April 2024. The report attributed the increase almost entirely to President Trump's executive actions.
NORTHWOOD — The Northwood Business Development Committee recently awarded $17,000 in forgivable loans to two Northwood businesses. The grant-loans include a $2,000 grant to Total United ...
A report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on June 27 indicates Iowa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 6.1% in the first quarter of 2025, matching only Nebraska for being the worst ...
Half of Iowa’s private-sector workforce is employed by these businesses. If we can’t rely on predictable tax enforcement, we can’t responsibly invest, hire, or grow.
For more than 17 years, a local program has empowered immigrants to start their own businesses while providing resources to help them thrive. Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit, or IES, started in 2008.