Tag: Jobs

Beltway Confidential

Trump rightly plans a back-to-work strategy

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 24, 2020 3:08 pm

David Perdue: We can’t let the COVID-19 liquidity crisis become an insolvency crisis

Sen. David Perdue · March 23, 2020 4:00 am

Jobless claims soar to 281,000 as coronavirus harms employment

Jobless claims soar to 281,000 as coronavirus harms employment

Jay Heflin · March 19, 2020 12:31 pm

Labor Department sends thousands home from Job Corps centers

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2020 6:06 pm

Mike Lee, Martha Roby.

Beltway Confidential

A simple way to help workers and employers hurt by coronavirus

Rachel Greszler · March 12, 2020 7:23 pm

National Security

Transportation Security Administration bled officers amid last year’s government shutdown

Anna Giaritelli · March 10, 2020 10:46 pm

President Donald Trump speaks accompanied by from left, Cookeville Mayor Ricky Shelton, Tennessee first lady Maria Lee, and Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tenn., tour damage from a recent tornado, Friday in Cookeville, Tenn.

Washington Secrets

White House Report Card: Taking charge of virus, buoyed by big jobs numbers

Paul Bedard · March 7, 2020 11:30 am

Twitter tells thousands of employees to work from home over coronavirus concerns

Tim Pearce · March 3, 2020 3:39 pm

In this Sept. 25, 2014 photo, students attend The Foot in the Door Career Fair at the University of Illinois in Springfield, Ill. The Labor Department releases employment data for September on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Louisiana Gov. Edwards will again push to raise minimum wage; critics say change would kill jobs

Washington Examiner · March 3, 2020 1:00 pm

Business filings in Tennessee increase as unemployment remains below national average

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2020 4:00 pm

Job seekers get information at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday.

First Healthy Michigan work requirement reporting deadline is February 29

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2020 2:00 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

Bernie Sanders proposes $1.5 trillion universal child care financed by ‘tax on extreme wealth’

Nihal Krishan · February 24, 2020 4:04 pm