Tag: Jobs

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) arrives at the chamber as senators gather for a group photo, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.

Union members hand deliver letter to Fetterman’s office

Center Square · September 21, 2025 2:55 pm

H1B visa (for specialty workers) stamp in passport, blurred april calendar on background. H1B visa program deadline concept. Close up view.

Visa programs are over crowded, lower wages: Report

Center Square · September 21, 2025 1:48 pm

Job seekers listen to Logan Reed, a talent acquisition coordinator for Princess Cruise Line.

Rising black unemployment rings alarm bells for labor market

Zach Halaschak · September 20, 2025 5:00 am

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) speaks into a microphone.

Parties bicker as Michigan unemployment ranks third-highest

Center Square · September 19, 2025 3:03 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. speaks in Washington. The race to fill the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Dan Coats

Finance and Economy

House Republicans push to revamp Federal Reserve mandate

Zach Halaschak · September 19, 2025 7:00 am

President Donald Trump holds charts in the Oval Office.

There’s plenty of reason for pessimism about the US economy

Nick Thomas · September 19, 2025 5:50 am

Union Pacific Railroad's iconic Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will journey between Wyoming and Colorado Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

Entrepreneurship thrives in Colorado as businesses expand

Center Square · September 18, 2025 6:24 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington.

Fed cuts interest rates for first time in Trump’s second term

Zach Halaschak · September 17, 2025 2:00 pm

FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, cargo containers are staged near cranes at the Port of Tacoma, in Tacoma, Wash. Most economists were already worried that the odds of a recession are rising,

Recession and ‘stagflation’ loom as economic concerns

Zach Halaschak · September 17, 2025 7:00 am

A person types on a keyboard, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Tech company wants federal government to reimagine training, hiring

Center Square · September 14, 2025 12:07 pm

National Guardsmen patrol U Street in Washington, DC on Aug. 23. (Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP)

DC-area economy, seemingly ‘recession-proof,’ is looking shaky

Taylor Millard · September 12, 2025 6:09 am

The Fed has been too late in beginning to relax monetary policy. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Why Trump is vindicated by the latest jobs revisions

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 12, 2025 4:55 am