EconomyCommentary
The federal government has more than 90 welfare and workforce programs spread across dozens of federal agencies, with funding flowing to thousands of state and local… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Airline prices—which are already 22% higher than they were two years ago—could get a whole lot more expensive and many airport workers could lose their… Read More
EconomyNews
The U.S. set a new record in January for the total number of Americans employed by the government, according to data from the Bureau of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million… Read More
EducationNews
The University of California Regents delayed a plan that would have allowed illegal immigrant students to have jobs on campus, Politico reported. The UC Regents… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The percentage of workers who belong to unions in the U.S. notched down to a record-low 10.0% in 2023, from 10.1% in 2022. The peak… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
My foray into the workforce was a minimum-wage job making pizzas and washing dishes at Pizza Hut. The money I earned supported my spending as… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Biden administration is trying to hike the threshold under which hourly-wage work regulations apply by about $25,000 per year. The proposed overtime rule threatens… Read More
Commentary
You know there’s a problem when the rounding unit for a federal program’s improper payments equals the annual incomes of 13,408 U.S. households. Emails obtained… Read More
