Tag: Jobs

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Cruz to the press: What if illegal immigration lowered your wages?

Ryan Lovelace · November 11, 2015 3:19 am

Several GOP candidates at Tuesday's debate saidÂ that they would oppose raising the federal minimum wage up from its current rate of $7.25 an hour, arguing that a higher rate would ultimately harm the poor more than help them.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

GOP candidates oppose higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · November 11, 2015 3:01 am

Kasich ready for Trump’s dismissal of Ohio job growth

Energy and Environment

Kasich ready for Trump’s dismissal of Ohio job growth

Kyle Feldscher · November 11, 2015 2:58 am

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases," said Ben Carson during Republican presidential debate at Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo)

Carson: Minimum wage hurts black community

Al Weaver · November 11, 2015 2:34 am

The president took the side of 'radical environmentalists,' the labor union president said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Keystone, jobs, and a president who doesn’t get it

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2015 5:01 am

Washington Secrets

Zogby report card: Upbeat job numbers save Obama

Paul Bedard · November 7, 2015 12:00 pm

Lots of Jobs, Except for the Young

Irwin M. Stelzer · November 7, 2015 5:00 am

Miners crushed by second Great Recession, 109k jobs lost

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2015 2:37 pm

Growth rebounded in October with 271,000 new jobs, unemployment 5 percent

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2015 1:32 pm

Hundreds of thousands of migrants have flooded to northern Europe in recent months seeking to escape war and poverty and start a new life. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

EU: 3 million more migrants by end of 2016

Kelly Cohen · November 5, 2015 4:08 pm

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Unemployment benefit applications jump to 276,000

Joseph Lawler · November 5, 2015 1:33 pm

"Give them a chance to get in there so they can make their case," President ObamaÂ said of the executive action. (AP Photo)
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Beltway Confidential

‘Ban the box’ builds momentum among conservatives

Daniel Allott · November 3, 2015 9:56 pm