Tag: Unemployment

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, jobs, and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In North Carolina, Obama hits GOP on jobless benefits

Brian Hughes · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Business Roundtable President John Engler and Randall Stephenson, Roundtable chairman and CEO of AT&T. Photo by Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor.

Washington reporters parrot Obama’s ‘income inequality’ mantra

Paul Bedard · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before meeting his Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 14, 2014 5:38 pm

A New York Post report suggests that Census workers faked data used to calculate the unemployment rate.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

The three myths of labor force participation

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., holds a post-vote press conference with reporters Tuesday. Efforts to pass an extension of expired unemployment benefits have stalled, and the clock is ticking down towards recess next week. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Jobless benefits extension stalls again in Senate

David M. Drucker · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the border fence near Naco, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Examiner Editorial: A chronic job shortage is no time for immigration amnesty

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Lita Ness, 58, talks about her unemployment status at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ness, who lost her job as a civilian contractor at Peterson Air Force Base in August 2012, just received her final check from the unemployment office. She said "Iâm registered as a Republican, but if they continue to use this not extending our [aid] Iâm probably changing to Democrat." (AP Photo /Ed Andrieski)

GOP constituents also depend on jobless aid

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday delayed a key procedural vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans continued negotiations on a bipartisan accord.

Harry Reid puts off vote on jobless benefits, negotiations with GOP continue

David M. Drucker · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said in exchange for extending unemployment benefits, he wants to pay for them and include Republican-approved provisions aimed at increasing jobs. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

JOSH BOAKSAM HANANEL · January 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Jeremy Barr · January 11, 2014 5:00 am