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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...

This document is a chart reflecting Senate Committee Chairmanships for the 114th Congress.

This document profiles the new members of the 114th Congress.

TWC and THECB Unveil New Online Resource for Prospective College Students Texas CREWS Web application compares wage, employment and student loan data across Texas colleges AUSTIN – Prospective college students exploring higher education options in Texas now have an additional resource to h...

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) provides federal assistance to workers who have been adversely affected by foreign trade. It was most recently authorized by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 (TAAEA; Title II of P.L. 112-40). Under TAAEA, the program operat...

Five years after the Great Recession of 2007-2009, many states continue to confront the challenges presented by the economic downturn in their financing of state UI benefits. In an effort to help capture these challenges, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) recentl...

Currently, 49 states (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY) plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island...

Matching Funds Awarded To Communities For Workforce Plans PIERRE, S.D. -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has awarded nearly $1 million in matching funds to help communities across the state take an active role in addressing their own workforce issues.In September, the Governor challenged the busines...

CHARLESTON, West Virginia – Hilton Worldwide and WorkForce West Virginia announce “Operation Opportunity Initiative”, which will provide hotel accommodations to assist veterans with job interviews, skills training, housing searches, and any employment testing that would make travel a neces...

MADISON – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary (DWD) Reggie Newson today announced the DWD's final Round 3 intent to award decisions with over $2 million in worker training grants through Governor Scott Walker's Wisconsin Fast Forward (WFF) initiative. The funds will ass...