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House Passes Bill Awarding Tax Breaks for Hiring UnemployedDespite doubts among many lawmakers that it'll create many jobs, the House on Thursday passed legislation giving companies that hire the jobless a temporary payroll tax break. ...continue |
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In Some Places, Census Jobs UnfilledThe Census Bureau is having trouble finding qualified temporary workers in some neighborhoods for the national head count despite the record number of jobless who have swelled the pool of applicants. ...continue |
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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Calls for Congress to Extend Jobless Benefits, Create JobsSpeaking at a center for the unemployed in California, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis chided Congress and Sen. Jim Bunning, R- Kentucky, Friday for failing to pass an extension for unemployment benefits before recess today, warning that hundreds of thousands of people will stop receiving unemployment checks if no action is taken soon. ...continue |
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Diverse States Got Fewer Stimulus Dollars, Says StudyA report released today by the national civil rights organization Advancement Project concludes that, on balance, the higher the minority population in any given state, the lower the per capita expenditure of federal stimulus dollars. ...continue |
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White House Expresses Pessimism About 2010 Job GrowthThe White House on Thursday forecast that the U.S. unemployment rate will hover around 10 percent throughout 2010 as economic growth will not be robust enough to plug the massive jobless gap. ...continue |
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Jobs Funding Set to Expire Before It Has Chance to WorkAfter a slow start, states struggling with record unemployment are scrambling to create and expand subsidized jobs programs that could employ thousands of poor adults, teens and disabled people. They're running out of time, however, because nearly $4 billion in unspent stimulus money that would finance the efforts is set to expire on Sept. 30. As a result, many are pushing Congress to make the remaining funds available for another year. ...continue |
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U.S. Service Sector Added Jobs for the Second Consecutive MonthU.S. markets sputtered after two days of strong gains as jobs data appeared mixed: Far fewer jobs lost, but jobs lost, nonetheless. ...continue |
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Economists See No Stimulus JobsDespite federal programs that have pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into homeowner tax credits, automaker bailouts and other measures meant to stimulate the economy, more than two-thirds of economists responding to a nationwide survey say the stimulus so far has failed to create jobs. ...continue |
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College Gender Gap Narrows . . . Except for HispanicsThe perplexing college gender gap in which 57 percent of all U.S. undergraduates are women has, for the first time in years, failed to grow even wider, with one exception: Hispanic men continue to lose ground on Hispanic women, according to a new study. ...continue |
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Small Business Loans Key to Jobs BillAdvocates for boosting small-business lending have found lots of support in Washington, from Congress to President Barack Obama. But after a year of jawboning, progress has been hard to come by. ...continue |
