EconomyNews
Wal-Mart Announces Higher Minimum Wage and Bonuses, Citing Trump Tax Cuts
Wal-Mart announced Thursday it will raise its starting wage to $11 per hour and will give employees a bonus of up to $1,000, crediting the… Read More
EconomyNews
Delaware County Could Miss Right-to-Work Boom, Chief of Kentucky County Predicts
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Despite one county’s decision to reject a right-to-work law, Delaware will remain the only state in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with a local statute… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump’s EPA Is on Course to Retire Half Its Staff
Due to a series of buyouts and retirements, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could cut its workforce by half by the end of President Donald… Read More
EconomyNews
Right-to-Work Advocate Blames Unions’ Legal Threats for Loss
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Officials in one of Delaware’s three counties rejected right-to-work legislation Tuesday, shortly after the county attorney detailed his legal opinion and predicted a thicket… Read More
EconomyNews
Black Unemployment at Lowest Rate on Record
In Friday’s jobs report, black unemployment reached a record low: 6.8 percent. That’s the lowest black unemployment has been since the Bureau of Labor Statistics… Read More
EconomyCommentary
We Hear You: Tax Cuts, the GOP Establishment, the Job Outlook, and the Trump Economy
Editor’s note: Here’s another smorgasbord of emails from The Daily Signal’s audience, reflecting your thoughts on tax cuts and other matters as 2017 came to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Iceland’s Equal Pay Regime Will Hurt, Not Help, Women. We Don’t Need It.
Iceland this week took its equal pay policies to a new level, as a law took effect requiring employers to prove they don’t discriminate against… Read More
EconomyNews
More Businesses Raise Wages, Give Bonuses in Wake of Tax Cuts
More businesses are announcing bonuses, higher minimum wages, and new benefits for employees after passage by Congress of Republicans’ tax reform bill. An email from… Read More
EconomyNews
Delaware County Stalls Right-to-Work Vote as Unions Protest
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials put off action Tuesday on a right-to-work ordinance after dozens of union members turned out in force at government offices to oppose… Read More
EconomyCommentary
I Voted for Tax Reform. Here’s Why It Will Help America.
The tax cut bill just passed by Congress and signed into law by the president is not perfect. But I voted for it because it… Read More
