Tag: Jobs

Senate backers of long-term jobless aid try again

Senate backers of long-term jobless aid try again

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 3:33 pm

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Why not boost teen employment with a training wage?

Stephen Moore · June 23, 2014 9:00 pm

A study shows just how far the shift has happened: An estimated 70 percent of domestic car and car parts manufacturing is now located in right-to-work states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Beltway Confidential

Large majority of car manufacturing now in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · June 23, 2014 12:42 pm

In this June 16, 2014 photo, Jacksonville police officer F. D. Williams, center, talks to job seekers during the City-Wide Job & Resource Fair at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville, Fla. The government reports on state unemployment rates for May on Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)

Unemployment rates fell in 20 US states in May

Christopher Rugaber · June 20, 2014 3:45 pm

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, job seekers attend a job fair held by Sheetz to staff their under-construction distribution center, in Burlington, N.C. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Sam Roberts)

Fewer Americans applying for jobless aid

Josh Boak · June 19, 2014 1:47 pm

First Times Flat

First Times Flat

Geoffrey Norman · June 19, 2014 11:42 am

The bipartisan legislation would raise the gas tax by six cents in 2014 and then another six cents in 2015 to make up for inflation over the past twenty years.

VIDEO: Senators propose a hike in federal gas tax

Lisa Ruhl · June 18, 2014 6:20 pm

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‘The Singularity’ and what it will mean for mankind

John Stossel · June 18, 2014 3:06 pm

The cuts in journalism over the last decade have even hit Washington bureaus. AP Photographer

Washington Secrets

Pew: 54,200 newspaper, magazine jobs axed since 2003

Paul Bedard · June 18, 2014 1:26 pm

40 years of unemployment in one hypnotizing graphic

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40 years of unemployment in one hypnotizing graphic

Becket Adams · June 18, 2014 1:16 pm

The Era of Slow

The Era of Slow

Geoffrey Norman · June 17, 2014 11:24 am

With inflation expected to rise and unemployment projected to fall, the taper is likely to continue despite negative economic growth. (ThinkStock)

Federal Reserve prepared to lower two big projections

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2014 10:00 am