Tag: Jobs

On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in the previous week. Economists in the private sector had expected jobless claims to tick up to a still-low 250,000. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jobless claims running at 44-year low

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2017 1:31 pm

President Donald Trump looks at Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, left, holding a silicon wafer during their meeting in the Oval Office. The tech firm plans to add 3,000 high-skilled jobs in Arizona plant and 7,000 jobs in the supply chain. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intel announces $7 billion investment in new Arizona factory

Gabby Morrongiello · February 8, 2017 6:13 pm

"Right now, we have a legal immigration system that is not working for American workers," Cotton said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Cotton wants to crack down on legal immigration

Kyle Feldscher · February 7, 2017 2:48 pm

So how do we reconstruct this sluggish smothering decline in the real value of America's trust in institutions when opportunities continue to shrink rather than grow? There is no easy single answer.

Americans don’t trust anymore, and that’s a big problem

Salena Zito · February 5, 2017 5:05 am

The White House took credit for 227,000 jobs added to the economy in January. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House claims credit for better than expected job growth

Kyle Feldscher · February 3, 2017 5:54 pm

Grain storage bins on a rural highway in Ottumwa, Iowa. Ottumwa has about 1,000 unemployed people — those seeking work, but out of a job. That's an unemployment rate of about 8.5 percent, nearly double the national average. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Will refugees displace native workers?

Timothy P. Carney · February 3, 2017 3:18 pm

Job creation in January proved stronger than expected. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

First jobs report of Trump era: 227,000 new jobs, unemployment 4.8 percent

Joseph Lawler · February 3, 2017 1:31 pm

Business forecasters had expected jobless claims to ease back down to around 254,000. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims drop to 246,000 in first week of Trump administration

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2017 1:31 pm

The new wage floors include steps on the way to $15-an-hour minimum wages in California and New York. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Study: 2017 minimum wage hikes will cost 383,000 jobs by 2020

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2017 10:00 am

White House had canceled a trip by Trump to Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley, File)

Trump to meet with Harley-Davidson executives in Washington

Sarah Bedford · February 1, 2017 7:31 pm

Rep. Gerry Connolly reintroduced legislation aimed at giving federal workers a 3.2 percent pay raise. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrat wants 3.2 percent pay hike for federal workers

Pete Kasperowicz · February 1, 2017 1:29 pm

Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees at its locations around the world in the next five years, CEO Howard Schultz announced during the uproar over President Trump's ban on Syrian refugees entering the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees in stores around the world

Kyle Feldscher · January 30, 2017 1:24 pm