Tag: Jobs

The Labor Dept. approved a $15 million grant for new temporary jobs in Flint due to the lead water crisis. (Rachel Woolf/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

Energy and Environment

Feds approve $15 million to fund jobs for Flint residents

Kyle Feldscher · March 23, 2016 9:24 pm

Democrats, combined with the GOP support, will produce more than the 218 signatures needed to push the bill that would revive the Export-Import Bank to the floor for a vote in late October. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Export-Import Bank under investigation for shelving job applications from veterans

Timothy P. Carney · March 18, 2016 12:41 pm

January saw 1.4 unemployed workers per job opening, the lowest ratio since the dotcom bubble's bursting. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Fewest unemployed people for each job opening since 2001

Joseph Lawler · March 17, 2016 3:25 pm

Private sector economists had expected jobless claims to drift down to 272,000, according to a survey conducted by Bloomberg. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Unemployment insurance applications again low at 265,000

Joseph Lawler · March 17, 2016 12:49 pm

Metro teams have found 26 areas where damaged jumper cables and connector boots must be replaced. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)

D.C. Metro will reopen Thursday following safety checks

Anna Giaritelli · March 16, 2016 11:19 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, stands next to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. Both believe uncontrolled immigration hurts U.S. wages. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Expert: Amnesty, illegal immigration, hits black wages hardest

Paul Bedard · March 16, 2016 9:56 pm

In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, Ailu Xu, a graduate student from China, posts a sign directing Chinese students to a new student orientation meeting at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau research shows immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Labor Dept. blames Congress for immigrant worker visa delays

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2016 7:42 pm

Economists had expected 272,000 new jobless claims in the week. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jobless claims drop to 259,000, lowest since October

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2016 1:31 pm

A report spreadsheet shows that dozens of shipments of Ivanka Trump footwear have come from Hong Kong since she debuted her footwear line in March 2011. Other foreign shipments include Ivanka Trump jewelry and an Ivanka Trump earring box. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Report: Dozens of Trump products made overseas

Gabby Morrongiello · March 8, 2016 11:21 pm

Obama accuses economy skeptics of living in ‘alternative reality’

Obama accuses economy skeptics of living in ‘alternative reality’

Joseph Lawler · March 4, 2016 8:32 pm

Long-term jobless make up 27.7 percent of the total number of unemployed people, an historically high share. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Jobs report reveals lingering long-term unemployment

Joseph Lawler · March 4, 2016 4:22 pm

At 4.9 percent, the unemployment rate in February was already below where members of the Federal Reserve have projected it to be when the economy is fully healthy. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Is the economy at full employment?

Joseph Lawler · March 4, 2016 2:39 pm