For the first time in U.S. history, the majority of unemployed workers 25 years and older have either attended some college or graduated.... Read more»
The U.S. economy created 115,000 jobs in April, fewer than analysts had expected, according to the Labor Department’s report on Friday. However, the unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent.... Read more»
A month-long festival commemorating Titanic’s link to a small Irish village has drawn visitors from around the world, but sad memories remind Cobh, Ireland, of its present economic woes.... Read more»
The Labor Department reported Friday that the U.S. economy had added just 120,000 jobs in March, breaking a trend of robust economic data since the end of 2011.... Read more»
A recent report by the Brookings Institution found that the Tucson metropolitan area trails the Phoenix metropolitan area in economic recovery.... Read more»4
Declaring “manufacturing is back,” Vice President Joe Biden gave a rosy — but not entirely accurate or complete — picture of U.S. manufacturing at a March 28 campaign stop in Iowa.... Read more»1
Yuma had the second-highest unemployment rate of any metropolitan area in the country in January, and tied for the biggest rate increase from a year earlier, new federal statistics show.... Read more»
The House Republican budget released Tuesday purports to boost economic growth by cutting taxes and government spending. Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric.... Read more»
Americans are now more optimistic about finding work than at any time since before President Barack Obama took office, according to a new poll released Friday by Gallup.... Read more»
Arizona can return more people to work by allowing firms to provide up to six weeks of training for those receiving unemployment assistance without having to add them to payrolls, a Tucson lawmaker contends.... Read more»
Thousands of unemployed Arizonans could be stripped of their benefits if three bills approaching passage in the Legislature become law. Critics say GOP legislators are attacking the unemployed with bills that would mandate drug tests, raise the income needed to quality and cover fewer workers.... Read more»
Over the past two years, 475 Arizona prisoners collected $1.1 million in unemployment benefits while sitting in their cells. The Department of Economic Security is seeking to recapture the funds.... Read more»
Here are some startling facts about how Arizona’s emerging communities of color have impacted the political electorate and influenced the local economy.... Read more»1
The exaggerated Republican claim that the new health care law “kills jobs” was high on our list of the “Whoppers of 2011.” But the facts haven’t stopped Republicans and their allies from making an overblown “job-killing” claim a major theme of campaign 2012.... Read more»
Job creation and tax fairness are at the top of voters’ to-do lists for Congress. These days, instead of hacking and slashing investments in our future and creating more corporate tax loopholes, the national conversation is right where it should be: how we get America back to work.... Read more»2
Sorting through the election season’s unemployment spin to find the ‘real’ unemployment rate.... Read more»
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