HUMBOLDT — With summer just around the corner and temperatures beginning to climb, Monarch Cement Company hosted a comprehensive seminar on heat workforce safety on April 30. Sponsored by the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society and…

The Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University projects that the state of Kansas will have a 10% population growth in the next 50 years.  Yes, but: “Our region in southeast…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of…

TOPEKA — Kansas’ 2.9% unemployment figure in November — identical to November 2022 — mirrored stability in joblessness reports emerging from 38 states, state and federal officials said. The Kansas Department of Labor said preliminary…

TOPEKA — Kansas Department of Transportation secretary Calvin Reed pointed to workforce shortages as a significant challenge to the state’s multibillion-dollar, 10-year Eisenhower transportation program. Reed, nominated by Gov. Laura Kelly and endorsed by the…

A collaboration between educators and business leaders requires several components, notes Melissa Stiffler, career and technical education director for Iola-USD 257. Schools want to produce skilled graduates; businesses want a productive workforce. That said, the…

Allen County’s workforce will be under the microscope in the coming days. Thrive Allen County’s Jonathan Goering discussed Monday with Iola City Council members a planned labor study. “Allen County has long needed a detailed…

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — With jobs unfilled and young people moving away, some rural states are doubling down on efforts to attract new blood by expanding programs that offer incentives to live there. Over the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Revenue is trying to refill dozens of jobs that were eliminated last year when the state awarded two no-bid contracts to outsource its information technology work. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and…