Tag: Jobs

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014 photo, job seekers attend a job fair held by Sheetz to staff their under-construction distribution center, in Burlington, N.C. The Labor Department reports the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Sam Roberts)

Fewer Americans applying for jobless aid

Josh Boak · June 19, 2014 1:47 pm

First Times Flat

First Times Flat

Geoffrey Norman · June 19, 2014 11:42 am

The bipartisan legislation would raise the gas tax by six cents in 2014 and then another six cents in 2015 to make up for inflation over the past twenty years.

VIDEO: Senators propose a hike in federal gas tax

Lisa Ruhl · June 18, 2014 6:20 pm

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‘The Singularity’ and what it will mean for mankind

John Stossel · June 18, 2014 3:06 pm

The cuts in journalism over the last decade have even hit Washington bureaus. AP Photographer

Washington Secrets

Pew: 54,200 newspaper, magazine jobs axed since 2003

Paul Bedard · June 18, 2014 1:26 pm

40 years of unemployment in one hypnotizing graphic

Beltway Confidential

40 years of unemployment in one hypnotizing graphic

Becket Adams · June 18, 2014 1:16 pm

The Era of Slow

The Era of Slow

Geoffrey Norman · June 17, 2014 11:24 am

With inflation expected to rise and unemployment projected to fall, the taper is likely to continue despite negative economic growth. (ThinkStock)

Federal Reserve prepared to lower two big projections

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2014 10:00 am

Our Decimated Labor Force

Irwin M. Stelzer · June 14, 2014 3:00 am

FILE - In this May 16, 2014 file photo, shoppers walk past a now hiring sign at a Ross store in North Miami Beach, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Applications for US jobless aid up modestly

Josh Boak · June 12, 2014 12:51 pm

Liberal policy group can’t sue over jobs agency

Liberal policy group can’t sue over jobs agency

JULIE CARR SMYTH · June 10, 2014 7:54 pm

Virginia GOP Senate candidate Ed Gillespie watches as state Del. Barbara Comstock, running for a House seat, signs his campaign RV.

Virginia’s Ed Gillespie says his Senate victory would give GOP control

Paul Bedard · June 10, 2014 7:41 pm