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IWD Announces a Deadline Extension for Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Director Elisabeth Buck announced today that Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) will begin immediate work to reactivate approximately 16,000 Iowans who may now be eligible for additional weeks of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits now that Congress has passed a deadline extension.
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Agan, Bull and VanEngelenhoven victorious
Craig Agan, Ed Bull and Jim VanEngelenhoven win Republican nominations in local contested races.
- Iowa receives Excellence in Education Award Iowa has been named the winner of a national excellence in education award. Iowa is the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Joseph H. Oakey Excellence in Education Award from Project Lead the Way, (PLTW) Inc., a not-for-profit STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education program now in more than 3.200 secondary schools nationwide.
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IMPA announced "Motion Picture Stories"
The Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) continues to advocate
for Iowa film workers while the Iowa Film, Television and Video Production Promotion
faces scrutiny in the current legislative session. As part of its efforts to educate
the public and lawmakers about the benefits of filmmaking in Iowa, the IMPA is
producing “Iowa Film Stories,” an Internet video series.
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Iowa Counties named disaster areas
Governor Chet Culver today received confirmation that President Obama has authorized a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 21 Iowa counties impacted by a severe winter storm beginning Dec. 23, 2009. Governor Culver had requested the disaster declaration last month.
- ACLU files suit in Atlantic strip search case
- Culver to participate in Black History Month celebration
- Culver to receive National Service Award
- Renewable energy can bring jobs to Iowa
- Funding coming from Ames
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IWD Announces a Deadline Extension for Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits
