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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...

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...

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...

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...

In This Issue: Register Today for the 2015 NASWA Winter Policy Forum! Administration Set to Release Fiscal 2016 Budget Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on the Budget and Economic Outlook USDOL Announces Reduction in Veterans' Unemployment Rate House and Senate Committees Begin t...

Online registration and hotel reservations are now available for the upcoming 2015 NASWA Winter Policy Forum held in Washington, D.C., February 19-20, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. NASWA’s annual Winter Policy Forum serves as the premier NASWA event for state workforce agency

In This Issue: Register and Make your Hotel Reservations for the 2015 NASWA Winter Policy Forum Today! NASWA Attends NGA Meeting with USDOL Leadership on WIOA Implementation NASWA Meets with RespectAbility and Coalition of Other Partners Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Podcast on Implement...

In This Issue: 2015 NASWA Winter Policy Forum Registration Now Available! WIOA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Delayed House Passes Veterans Employment Bill NASWA Releases Report on State Unemployment Insurance Financing Systems 114th Congress Officially Opens House Passes Resolution to Adop...

In This Issue: House, Senate Working to Complete FY 2015 Spending Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Elections: Governors, U.S. House and Senate Administration and Finance and Employment and Training Committees Hold Joint Meeting on WIOA Implementation with Key System Partners NASWA hosts E...