Tag: Jobs

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 10 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Unemployment benefit applications hover at 276,000, suggesting few layoffs

Joseph Lawler · November 12, 2015 1:32 pm

Ben Carson walks back opposition to minimum wage hike

Ben Carson walks back opposition to minimum wage hike

Ryan Lovelace · November 11, 2015 7:16 pm

Obama urges companies to ‘hire a vet’

Obama urges companies to ‘hire a vet’

Nicole Duran · November 11, 2015 7:02 pm

Democrats, combined with the GOP support, will produce more than the 218 signatures needed to push the bill that would revive the Export-Import Bank to the floor for a vote in late October. (AP Photo)

Reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank won’t stop jobs from going overseas

Victor I. Nava · November 11, 2015 5:01 am

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Cruz to the press: What if illegal immigration lowered your wages?

Ryan Lovelace · November 11, 2015 3:19 am

Several GOP candidates at Tuesday's debate saidÂ that they would oppose raising the federal minimum wage up from its current rate of $7.25 an hour, arguing that a higher rate would ultimately harm the poor more than help them.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

GOP candidates oppose higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · November 11, 2015 3:01 am

Kasich ready for Trump’s dismissal of Ohio job growth

Energy and Environment

Kasich ready for Trump’s dismissal of Ohio job growth

Kyle Feldscher · November 11, 2015 2:58 am

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases," said Ben Carson during Republican presidential debate at Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo)

Carson: Minimum wage hurts black community

Al Weaver · November 11, 2015 2:34 am

The president took the side of 'radical environmentalists,' the labor union president said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Keystone, jobs, and a president who doesn’t get it

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2015 5:01 am

Washington Secrets

Zogby report card: Upbeat job numbers save Obama

Paul Bedard · November 7, 2015 12:00 pm

Lots of Jobs, Except for the Young

Irwin M. Stelzer · November 7, 2015 5:00 am

Miners crushed by second Great Recession, 109k jobs lost

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2015 2:37 pm