Tracking the recession: Stimulus helps revive summer youth jobs programs
With many low-wage jobs snatched up by college graduates, senior citizens and laid-off workers of all ages, young job seekers have a less-than-30-percent chance of finding work this summer. But thanks...
View ArticleWeekly wrap: States dispute charge that stimulus isn't working
Transportation officials say stimulus is working; two more states enact budgets.
View ArticleWeekly wrap: Washington state, South Carolina clash in jobs competition
Why Washington state did not offer Boeing new incentives; Questions about government transparency in Utah; Job-creating commission may not have generated jobs.
View ArticleWeekly Wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.
View Article'Jobs Summit' on Tap at White House
TODAY'S TAKE: President Obama will convene a "jobs summit" at the White House on Thursday (Dec. 3), but talk of a second stimulus package is likely to be muted by the federal budget deficit, as well as...
View ArticleStates Await Obama Jobs Plan
TODAY'S TAKE: State officials are eagerly awaiting a federal job-creation initiative to be outlined by President Obama today (Dec. 8). They hope it will include extended unemployment benefits,...
View ArticleSummary of the California State of the State Address
Term-limited California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) outlined a series of sweeping proposals in his final state of the state speech to the Democratic-controlled Legislature Jan. 6, including...
View ArticleSummary of the Washington State of the State Address
"Jobs are the way out of this recession," Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) told the Democratic-led Legislature in her state of the state address Jan. 12, laying out a series of proposals she said...
View ArticleSummary of the Mississippi State of the State Address
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour used his Jan. 18 state of the state address to urge the Democratic-led Legislature to approve a bill that would allow him to cut individual agency budgets up to 10...
View ArticleSummary of the South Dakota State of the State Address
In his final state of the state address, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) called for lawmakers to help carry on the state's progress in education and the economy, saying South Dakota's low 5 percent...
View ArticleSummary of the Ohio State of the State Address
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) vowed during his Jan. 26 state of the state address to increase the state's green energy production and to beef up job-creation programs.
View ArticleSummary of the Connecticut State of the State Address
Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell, a Republican, focused on ways to create jobs and cut the deficit in a sobering state of the state address Feb. 3. She called out the state's Democratic-controlled...
View ArticleSummary of the Minnesota State of the State Address
Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty sounded familiar themes in his final state of the state address, calling for cuts in business taxes and a cap on state spending.
View ArticleSpinning the Stimulus
Economists credit the federal stimulus package for helping bring an end to the recession. Most governors say the money prevented more drastic spending cuts and tax increases in their states. But a few...
View ArticleSummary of the Oregon State of the State Address
Term-limited Oregon Governor Ted Kulogonski used his final state of the state speech to look back on his eight years in office - a period, he noted, that covered not one but two recessions. But...
View ArticleStudy: Which States Lose Out to China?
TODAY'S TAKE: Since 2001, when China entered the World Trade Organization, at least 2.4 million American jobs have been lost as a result of increased U.S. trade with that country, according to a new...
View ArticleWork Shared, Jobs Spared
A program called work sharing is helping thousands of companies avoid layoffs by cutting workers' hours and making up some of the lost wages with state unemployment benefits. At no additional cost to...
View ArticleWhy Summer Jobs Are Getting Harder to Find
Last summer, the federal stimulus helped put nearly 320,000 disadvantaged teens and young adults to work. As this summer approaches, most of the stimulus dollars are gone and temporary jobs are harder...
View ArticleSubsidized Jobs: A Faint Echo of the New Deal
A small piece of the federal stimulus program is going toward funding jobs in the private sector. Even conservatives seem to like the idea.
View ArticleWhen Jobs Go Away for Good
The federal economic stimulus law greatly expanded a program for re-training workers whose jobs have gone overseas. As states encourage workers to take advantage of what is considered the Cadillac of...
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