Iowa’s unemployment rate sticks at 2.8 percent for fourth-straight month

Jack O’Connor | Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa’s unemployment rate remains at 2.8 percent for the fourth-consecutive month while labor participation in the state fell slightly from 66.5 percent to 66.4 percent.Iowa’s unemployment rate puts the state well below the new national unemployment rate of 4.3 percent for July, according to an Iowa Workforce Development press…