WASHINGTON DC (August 22, 2023) — The Federal Aviation Administration will hold runway safety meetings at approximately ninety airports between now and the end of September.

“Sharing information is critical to improving safety,” said Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization. “These meetings, along with other efforts, will help us achieve our goal of zero close calls.”

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July but remains down from 2.8 percent one year ago. The state’s labor force added 2,700 new workers in July, increasing Iowa’s labor-force participation rate to 68.8 percent. That is up from 68.2 percent a year ago and equals the participation rate in March 2020.

Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate decreased to 3.5 percent in July from 3.6 percent the month before.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (August 14, 2023) — Entering Year Five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that multiple projects in the Quad City area are completed, planned or underway, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by Governor JB Pritzker’s historic, bipartisan capital program.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 10, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced a new funding opportunity targeted to support CDL programs at Iowa Community Colleges. The Iowa CDL Infrastructure Grant will provide $5 million in grants to support the infrastructure of programs that train individuals working to receive their commercial driver's license (CDL).