Should Iowa pin hopes on wind energy to replace lost factory jobs?
Iowa, viewed by many as a farm state, has lost more than 54,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000. That’s troubling when you consider that as late as 2006, manufacturing generated 21 percent of the state’s gross domestic product – the total output of goods and services. Only Indiana at 28.1 percent derived a higher [...]
Hopes pinned on wind energy to replace Iowa’s lost manufacturing jobs
Iowa, viewed by many as a farm state, has lost more than 54,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000. That’s troubling when you consider that as late as 2006, manufacturing generated 21 percent of the state’s gross domestic product — the total output of goods and services. Only Indiana at 28.1 percent derived a higher amount of its [...]
State officials work to sell benefits of $875 million I-Jobs program
Iowa’s $875 million I-Jobs program is misunderstood, and it is at work in all 99 state counties and will continue to benefit the public in the future, a pair of state officials said Thursday in a visit to Ames.