Tag: Unemployment

The Tennessee state Capitol is seen Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee unemployment rate holds steady at 3.5%

Kim Jarrett | The Center Square · June 20, 2025 9:18 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco.

‘Economic doldrums’: Newsom gets bad news from California’s latest unemployment data

Emily Hallas · June 18, 2025 12:19 pm

Illinois places last in the country for economic health: Study

Center Square · June 7, 2025 1:36 pm

A construction worker works outside of commercial building site during a hot weather in Arlington Heights, Ill., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Economy added 139,000 jobs in May: The key facts and figures

Joseph Lawler, Zach Halaschak · June 6, 2025 8:31 am

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Washington.

Finance and Economy

Labor Department cuts $400 million from unemployment benefits system ‘riddled with waste’

Emily Hallas · May 28, 2025 4:24 pm

New Washington law granting unemployment benefits to striking workers draws praise, concern

Center Square · May 24, 2025 2:57 pm

The gold dome of the State Capitol is shown on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in downtown Denver. A report published this week, Friday, June 14, by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. and the more than $546 million the state has reaped in mineral extraction from them. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Unemployment rate stays the same despite Colorado’s gain in jobs

Derek Draplin | The Center Square · May 23, 2025 2:21 pm

Construction workers work at a residential building site in Chicago

Economy added 177,000 jobs in April: The key facts and figures

Zach Halaschak · May 2, 2025 8:31 am

Governors warned they could lose federal funds if illegal immigrants can access unemployment benefits

Brady Knox · April 25, 2025 9:15 pm

Moreno predicts China’s ‘unemployment’ could tip the scale in US’s tariff battle

Asher Notheis · April 15, 2025 2:38 pm

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Labor Department touts DOGE’s ‘incredible discovery’ of nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment payments

Emily Hallas · April 10, 2025 1:02 pm

Fairness and Justice

America’s manufacturing problem has an internal cause

James Rogan · April 8, 2025 6:00 am