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In This Issue: June 15th Deadline Quickly Approaching to Comment on WIOA NPRMs USDOL Seeks Comments on Changes to RJM New NVTI Executive Director Appointed 2015 FINRA Job Dislocation Brochures available for NASWA members Florida Joins 44 Other States Now Live with SIDES Announcements, Noti...

March Unemployment at Seven-Year Low as More Idahoans Seek WorkIdaho’s economic recovery continued apace in March with unemployment remaining at a seven-year low and businesses expanding payrolls to keep total employment at a record high. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped a...

Disadvantaged youths benefit from state partnership OLYMPIA -Thousands of disadvantaged youths are finishing high school, earning their GEDs and honing their job-search skills due to a united effort by state and community partners.The state departments of Employment Security and Social &am...

Tenacity, determination, grit and an innate ability to lead has defined Shannon Huffman Polson, who has accomplished many “firsts” in her career as an Army officer, corporate manager and author. Another first will be her keynote address at the Seventh Annual NASWA Veterans Conference in Au...

Kentucky’s 2014 annual jobless rate plunges to 6.5 percentFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 9, 2015) — Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate plunged to 6.5 percent in 2014 from 8 percent in 2013, while nonfarm employment gained 29,000 jobs, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an ag...

Alabama’s January Unemployment Rate is 6.0% Largest Number of Jobs Supported in January Since 2008 MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate is 6.0%, down from December 2014’s revised rate of 6.1%, an...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

January Employment Hits 20-Year Record HighIdaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.1 percent in January – the lowest since March 2008 – while employment rose nearly 4,200 to a record 746,600. The one-month gain in employment was the lar...

WA Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)

Fast Growing, High Wage Occupations Don’t Always Require a Four-Year Degree MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division has compiled a list of high demand occupations that do not require a four-year degree. The list of 40 occupations ranges from carpent...