Tag: Jobs

If Illinois wants to reverse this troubling trend, major reforms are needed. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Beltway Confidential

Is Trump’s promise of 4 percent economic growth actually feasible?

Bruce Yandle · January 25, 2017 5:43 pm

"We lost our home. My car was repossessed in the driveway," she tells Senate committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

SBA nominee McMahon’s bout with bankruptcy

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2017 6:41 pm

President Trump will meet Tuesday with automakers to stress the importance of making cars in America. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump meets with auto executives to pitch US manufacturing

Kyle Feldscher · January 24, 2017 12:27 pm

President Donald Trump will hold a series of meetings Monday with business and labor representatives, before meeting with congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump starts ‘busy week’ with manufacturers meeting

Pete Kasperowicz · January 23, 2017 12:32 pm

The American Society of Civil Engineers has given U.S. infrastructure a D+ rating, estimating that between 2016 and 2025 the U.S. will need approximately $3 trillion in infrastructure spending, two-thirds of which is needed for transportation.

Private funding should be used to fix the roads

Washington Examiner Staff · January 23, 2017 5:01 am

The relatively weak December job growth was not the major story. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Beltway Confidential

The real surprise from December’s jobs report

Bruce Yandle · January 22, 2017 8:00 pm

Steven Mnuchin would aim to hire more IRS employees as treasury secretary, he said at his confirmation hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mnuchin wants more IRS employees

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2017 4:25 pm

Private-sector forecasters had projected that jobless claims would edge up from 247,000 the week before to 255,000, seasonally-adjusted. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Jobless claims are running at the lowest rate in 44 years

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2017 1:32 pm

Trump demands credit for companies adding jobs

Trump demands credit for companies adding jobs

Kyle Feldscher · January 18, 2017 1:03 pm

Spicer: Bayer and Monsanto to add 3,000 U.S. jobs

Spicer: Bayer and Monsanto to add 3,000 U.S. jobs

Sarah Bedford · January 17, 2017 4:50 pm

How occupational licensing is holding back ex-convicts

Beltway Confidential

How occupational licensing is holding back ex-convicts

David Barnes · January 16, 2017 3:31 pm

New York creates 200-person task force to make sure employers are paying their workers enough. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

States focus on enforcing rising minimum wages

Sean Higgins · January 16, 2017 5:01 am