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(Washington, DC) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented Love's Travel Stops with the prestigious National Business of the Year award at their 80th Annual National Conference in Oklahoma City. The NASWA National Business of the Year award is confe...

NASWA Presents the Missouri Division of Workforce Development's Equal Opportunity Unit Department with National Award (Washington, DC) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented the Missouri Division of Workforce Development's Equal Opportunity Unit D...

On Thursday, March 13, a group of 10 U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) announced an agreement to reauthorize the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program for five months. The bill, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 (S. 2148), ...

On Thursday, November 21st, several states, led by the Chair and Vice Chair of NASWA’s Unemployment Insurance Committee, Bruce Madson (OH) and Jay Rowell (IL) respectively met with Congressional staff on the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over the Unemployment Insuranc...

Brooke Lucas of Atlanta, chief of staff for the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL), has been named one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “Forty Under Forty.” Each year, the magazine recognizes outstanding Georgians under the age of 40 representing business, government, politics, nonprofits, scie...

WASHINGTON – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) was honored with the prestigious Pinnacle Award for Workforce Development for its Integrated Education and Training (IET) to Pre-Apprenticeship Expansion Initiative – Developing Foundational On-ramps to Apprenticeships. Pre...

WASHINGTON – The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity was honored with the prestigious Pinnacle Award for Business Development for its Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium initiative. Presented by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ (NASWA) Em...

WASHINGTON – The prestigious Merrill Baumgardner Innovation in Information Technology Award was awarded to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS) for its Helping the Unemployed Through AI Solutions initiative. The award, presented by the National Association of State Work...

WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) was named the recipient of the inaugural Excellence in Communications Award for its Building Trust Through Community: DC Paid Family Leave Awareness Initiative, given by the National Association of State Workfor...

WASHINGTON – The Montana Department of Labor and Industry was honored with the prestigious William J. Harris Equal Opportunity Award for its Office of Tribal Liaison – Hope and Realization Initiative at the 2026 National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Winter Policy Forum i...