Tag: Jobs

Cap-and-trade programs kill manufacturing jobs, according to new research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Beltway Confidential

Study: Cap-and-trade kills jobs

Jason Russell · January 5, 2015 6:24 pm

Warning: Approach 2015 With Caution

Irwin M. Stelzer · January 3, 2015 2:00 pm

Claims Jumping

Geoffrey Norman · December 31, 2014 2:50 pm

Jobless claims rise to 298,000

Jobless claims rise to 298,000

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2014 1:49 pm

Confidence on the Rise

Confidence on the Rise

Geoffrey Norman · December 30, 2014 7:33 pm

Voters in five states -- Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota -- approved raising their minimum higher than the federal floor through ballot measures in 2014, while lawmakers in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia voted to raise theirs. (iStock)

Obama administration praises state minimum wage increases

Sean Higgins · December 30, 2014 5:17 pm

Reason to Be Jolly this Holiday Season

Irwin M. Stelzer · December 27, 2014 12:35 pm

Economic acceleration in 2014 fails to boost Obama’s approval

Economic acceleration in 2014 fails to boost Obama’s approval

Joseph Lawler · December 24, 2014 6:00 pm

The number of laid-off U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week to its lowest level since early November, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.Â (AP/Branden Camp)

Initial jobless claims figures fall

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 4:43 pm

Minimum wage loophole written to help labor unions

Minimum wage loophole written to help labor unions

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2014 10:00 am

Energy and Environment

Just 36% approve of Obama’s climate change effort, worse than his job approval rating

Paul Bedard · December 23, 2014 6:01 pm

Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

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Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

Jason Russell · December 22, 2014 6:13 pm