Tag: Jobs

President Obama speaking at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, on Friday in San Dimas, Calif. In his weekly address Saturday,Â Obama pressed Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying that doing so would help millions of Americans rise above poverty and spur economic growth.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: ‘Could you live on $14,500 a year?’

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 4:36 pm

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Zogby Report Card: Ebola, Islamic State, lower pay drag Obama down

Paul Bedard · October 11, 2014 9:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is adding the minimum wage to the list of items too urgent to wait until after the November midterm elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pelosi: Call Congress back to vote on war, minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2014 3:47 pm

Obama: ‘Gains in Our Economy Go to the Folks Who Are in This Lovely Yard’

Obama: ‘Gains in Our Economy Go to the Folks Who Are in This Lovely Yard’

Daniel Halper · October 10, 2014 10:01 am

Wary candidates fear boomerangs in jobless debate

CHARLES BABINGTONBILL BARROW · October 10, 2014 8:12 am

VIDEO: Dems and GOP agree — economy and jobs are most important

VIDEO: Dems and GOP agree — economy and jobs are most important

Lisa Ruhl · October 9, 2014 3:17 pm

In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 photo, Jean Meryot, 38, of Miami, waits to be interviewed during a job fair at Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla. The Fontainebleau had 50 positions available and was looking to hire cooks, servers, bartenders and hostesses among other positions. The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 287K

Christopher Rugaber · October 9, 2014 1:19 pm

State Dept. Diplomatic Security Jobs: ‘MANY Vacancies’

Jeryl Bier · October 9, 2014 10:27 am

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a District Court that it should not have to reveal its own policies regarding criminal background checks because that information is not relevant to the discrimination cases it files against private companies.Â (iStock image)

EEOC says its background checks irrelevant

Sean Higgins · October 9, 2014 9:00 am

In Battlegrounds States, Incomes Have Dropped on Incumbents’ Watch

Jeffrey H. Anderson · October 8, 2014 11:48 am

President Obama is making the struggles of other advanced economies such as Europe and Japan the main feature of his latest economic pitch to voters, highlighting the relative strength of a U.S. economic recovery that is weak by historical standards. (iStock Photo)

Presidential pitch: Europe, Japan even worse off than we are

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2014 9:00 am

VIDEO: Economic optimism fuels Gov. Rick Snyder’s rise

VIDEO: Economic optimism fuels Gov. Rick Snyder’s rise

Steve Doty · October 7, 2014 5:54 pm