Tag: Jobs

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

10.8% unemployment not high enough for Marco Rubio

Conn Carroll · June 17, 2013 4:00 am

DC Central Kitchen has been training people in restaurant job skills.

VIDEO: DC program helps with jobs skills

Washington Examiner · June 13, 2013 4:00 am

Ken Cuccinelli vowed Tuesday to boost workforce training for the jobless to help drive down unemployment rates in areas of the state where it stubbornly remains high. (Photo: AP)

Ken Cuccinelli pushes workforce development in Southside Virginia

Steve Contorno · June 11, 2013 4:00 am

The unemployment rate in D.C. fell to 8.9 percent in July. (Examiner file photo)

Think Tank Takes: Reasons to worry about jobs data

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

VIDEO: President Obama recognizes 50th anniversary of Equal Pay Act

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2013 4:00 am

‘Imagine What Our Economy Would Be Doing If Not For #GOPSequester’

‘Imagine What Our Economy Would Be Doing If Not For #GOPSequester’

Daniel Halper · June 7, 2013 12:09 pm

7.6 Percent

Daniel Halper · June 7, 2013 11:31 am

‘A Labor-Market Crisis’

‘A Labor-Market Crisis’

Daniel Halper · May 29, 2013 3:51 pm

America’s Business Is Business

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 25, 2013 3:00 am

When Gov. Martin O'Malley took office in 2007, unemployment in Maryland was 3.6 percent. It's now 6.5 percent â compared to the 5.2 percent of its top competitor, Virginia, which added more than 12,000 jobs last month. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Local Editorial: High taxes real cause of Maryland job losses

Examiner Editorial · May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Report: Texas leads nation in growth and job creation, Michigan dead last

Beltway Confidential

Report: Texas leads nation in growth and job creation, Michigan dead last

Sean Higgins · May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Trade: War By Other Means

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 18, 2013 3:00 am