Tag: Jobs

The message of a "broken" immigration system is the cornerstone of the lobby campaign for an immigration "reform" bill that's primarily aimed at legalizing some 11.5 million illegal immigrants already in the United States. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Is the immigration system really broken?

Charles Hoskinson · March 14, 2014 4:00 am

Kerry: State Department Is ‘Focused on Economics, Strengthening US Businesses & Creating Jobs’

Jeryl Bier · March 13, 2014 11:01 am

State agencies launch veterans jobs program

Washington Examiner · March 13, 2014 6:31 am

A job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. (AP/John Amis)

Applications for US jobless aid dip to 3-month low

Christopher Rugaber · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami, on Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Senate strikes deal on unemployment insurance extension

Sean Lengell · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, file photo, customers at a Wal-Mart store head to the checkout lines past a worker with the company's motto on the back of her vest, in Salt Lake City. With fewer middle-income jobs available, low-wage work is becoming a dead-end for more Wal-Mart employees. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Obama signs order to revise overtime pay rules

Meghashyam Mali · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, sponsors theÃÂ Fair Minimum Wage Act. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manhattan Moment: Democrats don’t practice what they preach on minimum wage

Jared Meyer · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, file photo, customers at a Wal-Mart store head to the checkout lines past a worker with the company's motto on the back of her vest, in Salt Lake City. With fewer middle-income jobs available, low-wage work is becoming a dead-end for more Wal-Mart employees. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Low-wage jobs unexpectedly a way of life for many

Josh Boak · March 12, 2014 8:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Washington will never work until bureaucrats know they can be fired tomorrow

Mark Tapscott · March 12, 2014 4:00 am

Lower crime now may be a fruit of welfare reform 20 years ago

Michael Barone · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

Labor market mystery: The ranks of the long-term unemployed swell, despite benefits cut

Joseph Lawler · March 11, 2014 12:00 am

Hiring and job creation stall in January

Joseph Lawler · March 11, 2014 12:00 am