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 Donald… 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