Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Looking for a New Job? These Are the Best Cities for You
If you’re on the hunt for a good job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
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Hoping for a Big Raise Next Year? Here’s How Much You’ll Probably Get
A new report sheds light on how big a raise most workers will be getting next year.
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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3 New Benefits That Could Be Coming to Your Company
As America flirts with full employment, companies have to work a bit harder to attract workers. A new survey shows that companies are becoming more generous with their benefits packages.
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Are You Being Paid Fairly? Here's How to Find Out
After nearly a decade of stagnation, wages are starting to rise as a strong job market (finally) gives American workers more power in negotiations.
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The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year
By Janna HerronThe proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
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What Will It Take to Finally Get US Workers’ Pay Growing Again?
Workers of all political stripes must be frustrated by the fact that the economic expansion has yet to deliver the kind of wage gains that have been long promised.
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Trump Inherits a Solid Job Market. Can He Really Make It Better?
By Rob GarverFor Trump, who declared that he would be “the greatest jobs president God ever created” during his campaign and has specifically and repeatedly said that employment growth will be his singular focus...
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Here’s How Long It Takes for Your College Degree to Pay Off
While there has been much hand-wringing among policymakers about the rising cost of college and growing levels of student debt, most analysts agree that those who earn a college degree are better off...
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Why 2017 Should Be a Very Good Year for Finding a New Job
By Janna HerronThe U.S. economy last year added more than 2 million jobs, and 2017 should be an even better year for job seekers. Wages are poised to move higher, too. Employers expanded their payrolls by 156,000...
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The High Cost of Taking a Sick Day
By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal TimesThis flu season, more employees are calling out sick and pulling their children out of school or daycare -- but what’s the cost of taking that sick day?
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For Some, Better Pay Cuts Blood Pressure
By Futurity Org, Futurity-OrgNew research shows the link between earning low wages and hypertension is especially strong among women and people between the ages of 25 and 44. “We were surprised that low wages were such a strong...
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December Job Growth Shows Slow Recovery Continues
By Jason Lange, ReutersThe pace of hiring by U.S. employers eased slightly in December, pointing to a lackluster pace of economic growth that was unable to make further inroads in the country's still high unemployment rate.
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Business Leaders Say Cliff Deal Won’t Create Jobs
By Jim Tankersley, The Washington PostA day after Congress managed to avert the fiscal cliff, business leaders warned that the agreement will hurt sales and hiring, won’t unlock investment and leaves the economy riddled with...
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Fractious GOP House Passes Senate Tax 'Cliff' Bill
By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal TimesGOP civil war broke out on Capitol Hill during New Year’s Day as House Republicans initially spurned a Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal brokered by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky...