Tag: Unemployment

National Review's Kevin Williamson observes that more than half of adult Americans will be at or near the poverty line sometime in their lives. Seventy-three percent of the people will at some point be in the top 20 percent; 39 percent will achieve the top 5 percent for at least a year; and 12 percent will make the top 1 percent for at least a year.

President Obama’s income inequality scam

David Limbaugh · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

SC unemployed can seek benefits via smartphones

SC unemployed can seek benefits via smartphones

Seanna Adcox · April 23, 2014 6:33 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, of Atlanta, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681,Marietta, Ga. The government reports on state unemployment rates for March on Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Unemployment rates fall in 21 US states last month

Josh Boak · April 18, 2014 3:14 pm

SC unemployment fell to 5.5 percent in March

SC unemployment fell to 5.5 percent in March

Meg Kinnard · April 18, 2014 3:02 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, May 30, 2013, photo, a job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. The Labor Department reports on the weekly jobless claims on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Applications for US jobless aid edge up to 304,000

Josh Boak · April 17, 2014 12:54 pm

La-Z-Boy cutting 100 jobs in North Carolina

La-Z-Boy cutting 100 jobs in North Carolina

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 11:05 pm

Jobless rate up for 57 Kentucky counties in 2013

Jobless rate up for 57 Kentucky counties in 2013

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 8:01 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks during a luncheon at the Economic Club of New York on April 16. Yellen said the U.S. job market still needs help from the Fed and that the central bank must remain intent on adjusting its policy to respond to unforeseen challenges. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Janet Yellen: Full employment, stable inflation ‘plausible’ by the end of 2016

Joseph Lawler · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

The Labor Department says that the four-week average of applications, a less volatile measure, fell 4,750 to 316,250. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Applications for U.S. jobless aid dip 32k to lowest level since 2007

Associated Press · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions about his legislative agenda during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 26. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Long-term unemployment benefit package sits in House limbo

Sean Lengell · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

A recruiter waits to meet with job seekers at a career fair in King of Prussia, Pa., on June 24. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Unemployment claims lowest since 2007, but employment boom not guaranteed

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

Connecticut again tries to ban unemployment bias

Connecticut again tries to ban unemployment bias

Stephen Singer · April 8, 2014 4:40 pm