Tag: Jobs

On Wednesday, President Trump endorsed a bill by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and David Perdue, R-Ga., that would dramatically reform the immigration system. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump endorsed the Cotton/Perdue immigration bill, but it’s a mixed bag

Tom Rogan · August 2, 2017 7:19 pm

For those who care about empowering low-income Americans and lifting workers out of poverty, the mounting evidence and data show raising the minimum wage to $15 isn't compassionate, just, or charitable. It kills opportunity and creates more poverty, especially for young Americans trying to build their skill sets and make ends meet. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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$15 minimum wage would cost 45,000 jobs … in just one county

Ron Meyer · August 2, 2017 6:01 pm

President Trump, flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Ark., left, and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., unveils a legislation that would place new limits on legal immigration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump endorses Senate bill to reform legal immigration into merit-based point system

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2017 3:43 pm

"While President Trump continues to break campaign promises and roll back worker protections, I'm going to keep fighting so every worker is treated fairly and paid what they've earned. I'm proud to introduce this bill as another step towards building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats introduce anti-wage theft bill

Sean Higgins · August 1, 2017 10:53 pm

A top Senate aide with knowledge of the bill described the new plan as something that would raise U.S. workers' wages, create jobs and make the economy more competitive. (AP)

Exclusive: David Perdue, Tom Cotton to unveil skills-based immigration bill at White House Wednesday

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2017 10:30 pm

It's past time, long past time, for Congress to come to grips with the undocumented worker problem, especially for those who were brought here as children and are now as American as they can be. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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On immigration and matching unfilled jobs with unfulfilled young people

Bruce Yandle · August 1, 2017 4:02 pm

CamSoda Vice President Darren Press made an offer of employment to Scaramucci hours after he was relieved of his White House duties Monday afternoon. (Chris Kleponis/Pool Via Bloomberg)

Porn site offers Anthony Scaramucci $500K to oversee company’s communications team

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2017 3:13 pm

The Foxconn development, slated to bring up to 13,000 jobs to southeastern Wisconsin over the next six years. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

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Scott Walker: Foxconn development is ‘bigger than big’

Emily Jashinsky · July 28, 2017 9:04 pm

The Wisconsin congressman says jobs "are what people care about." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Watch: Rep. Sean Duffy slams Democrats’ Russia narrative in committee hearing

Emily Jashinsky · July 28, 2017 7:34 pm

The burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Friday, Oct. 28, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say they have received little federal help to calm protests despite repeated requests. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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The idiocy behind the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2017 6:51 pm

In 2016, 19 major companies like American Airlines, Facebook, Google, Starbucks, and Uber signed the "Fair Chances Business Pledge" - a pledge to give Americans with criminal records an opportunity to find employment. More initiatives like this from the private sector mean that the 1 in 3 Americans with a criminal record stand a better chance of finding employment and turning their lives around instead of turning into yet another recidivism statistic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

It takes two: how effective partnerships can change the face of America’s justice system

Steven Hawkins · July 28, 2017 4:01 am

"The whole Russia thing, unless you're a hardened leftist, people don't give a shit," Sean Duffy contended. "They don't believe it; they don't buy into it."

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On Foxconn’s 13,000 jobs, who gets credit? Trump, Scott Walker, or Paul Ryan?

Emily Jashinsky · July 27, 2017 8:45 pm