Tag: Unemployment

Counties with highest, lowest unemployment rates

The Associated Press · May 16, 2014 6:54 pm

Tennessee April unemployment rate 6.3 percent

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 9:11 pm

Connecticut unemployment rate dips as jobs added

Stephen Singer · May 15, 2014 5:17 pm

In this April 23, 2014 photo, Davon Tremble, of Detroit, fills out an application at a job fair at the Matrix Center in Detroit. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Fewest Americans in 7 years seek unemployment aid

Christopher Rugaber · May 15, 2014 1:01 pm

Someone 'signing on'

Senate Democrats block move to include unemployment benefits in tax cut bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2014 4:11 pm

NC governor wants ID before jobless benefits

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2014 10:42 pm

Maryland Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger is urging leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to allow a vote to extend emergency unemployment insurance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dutch Ruppersberger urges vote on unemployment benefits

Associated Press · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:ÃÂ "It seems like this is nothing but a game of diversion and obstruction to many Senate Republicans. But it's not a game. Every time a group of Republicans feigns interest in bipartisanship, only to scramble away at the last moment, it is part of a calculated political scheme."ÃÂ (AP/Cliff Owen)

Energy and Environment

With energy efficiency bill doomed to fail, Senate will pivot to tax cuts

Susan Ferrechio · May 12, 2014 4:00 am

A sign points to a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. (AP/Nati Harnik)

Job creation and hiring slowed in March

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

In this April 22, 2014 photo, Bryan Preston of Hannaford supermarkets, left, talks with job seekers during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 319k

Christopher Rugaber · May 8, 2014 3:02 pm

EU expects recovery to lower unemployment faster

Juergen Baetz · May 5, 2014 11:21 am

A stronger-than-expected jobs report can't make up for other long-term signals that the economy remains troubled. (Thinkstock)

One solid jobs report is not an economic game-changer

Lawrence Kudlow · May 5, 2014 4:00 am