Politics
Sen. James Lankford goes for jugular of over $100,000,000,000 in blue state unemployment fraud(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is introducing a bill Thursday aimed at eradicating fraud from unemployment programs, particularly in blue states. Lankford is introducing The… Read More
Public Education
Ohio schools failing to prepare graduates for workforce, economists concludeÂPublic-school graduates in Ohio have limited job options because their education hasn’t fully prepared them for the workforce, a new survey of economists finds. The survey,… Read More
Culture
US job growth beat expectations in June(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The U.S. economy added 147,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). June’s job gains came… Read More
Government
DOGE lists over $380 million in likely unemployment fraud(The Center Square) – The Department of Government Efficiency shared several examples of alleged unemployment fraud on its X account Thursday, the latest in its string of examples since President… Read More
Culture
Report: Private sector jobs boomed in March as government employment shrank(The Daily Signal) – March saw an increase of 228,000 jobs, even as government employment declined, according to the new monthly report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Friday report… Read More
Government
Washington bill would give unemployment benefits to illegal immigrantsIllegal immigrants would receive unemployment benefits if one Washington lawmaker gets her way. Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, D-Seattle, recently filed a bill that would make the state’s estimated 156,000 illegal immigrant… Read More
Opinion
Putting the BS in BLS: Made-up job numbers(The Daily Signal) – New job numbers are out and—hilariously—payrolls jumped 227,000, yet persons employed dropped 355,000. Are they just making it up? The numbers are from the Bureau of… Read More
Opinion
Overdue: Nearly 40% of Americans can’t pay their bills(The Daily Signal) – A new poll finds that nearly 40% of Americans worry about paying the bills “most or all of the time”—which is even higher than during the 2008… Read More
Opinion
Middle America rattled by jobs report(The Daily Signal) – For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went… Read More
Public Education
95% of Univ. of Missouri grads employed within 6 months of getting diploma(The Center Square) – The percentage of University of Missouri graduates still looking for work after earning diplomas in 2022 is parallel to downward trends in state and national unemployment… Read More