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
EconomyNews
Delaware Town OKs Right-to-Work Law in Advance of County Action
A small city in Delaware quietly has taken the unexpected step of passing its own right-to-work ordinance several weeks before officials in the surrounding county… Read More
EconomyNews
4 Big Signs of a Trump Economic Recovery
The economic numbers clearly have improved on President Donald Trump’s watch, with unemployment down and consumer confidence stronger. “We are just getting started,” @POTUS says…. Read More
EconomyNews
Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Go Jobless Under Trump
More black and Hispanic Americans are getting jobs on President Donald Trump’s watch, the latest employment numbers show, although critics accuse him of ignoring such… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Study Shows Licensure Laws Kill Jobs in All 50 States
In America, everyone who can is expected to work. We don’t think of work as some kind of punishment but as an element of a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Foreign Automakers Are Investing in US Because of Pro-Business Climate
Foreign investment is vital for a healthy U.S. economy. America’s unique and hospitable climate for foreign investment brings with it economic growth, quality jobs, increased… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why the Left Has Been So Wrong About the Trump Boom
Time magazine’s cover story for the week of Nov. 6 is a classic. It blares: “The Wrecking Crew: How Trump’s Cabinet Is Dismantling Government As… Read More
EconomyNews
Right to Work for Delaware County Will Get Fair Hearing, Sponsor Vows
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Local residents who have a personal stake in the economic future of Sussex County “shall not be silenced” and ought to “have their voices… Read More
EconomyNews
Amid Union Opposition, Right to Work Advances in Delaware County
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—A right-to-work measure in one of this state’s three counties remains on the agenda despite the objections of a government attorney and dozens of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Starting a New Business Shouldn’t Be This Hard
A new National Bureau of Economic Research study has quantified the impact of America’s generation-long decline in business startups, and the results are not pretty…. Read More
EconomyNews
Is Right to Work Coming to Northeast? Delaware Councilman Introduces Ordinance
SEAFORD, Delaware—One Delaware county is poised to change its economic climate, with a council member prepared to fight for a right-to-work ordinance introduced Tuesday. “This… Read More
EconomyNews
Why This ‘Undercover Boss’ Is Up Front About Taking on Unions in Delaware
GREENVILLE, Delaware—When he appeared on the CBS reality television series “Undercover Boss” in October 2013, Anthony Wedo worked alongside cashiers, servers, grill cooks, dishwashers, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government Scorekeepers Are Wrong. Corporate Tax Reform Would Mostly Help Workers, Not the Rich.
Politicians who don’t want tax reform are busy making the case that cutting taxes for business will not help workers. Those politicians are backed up… Read More
EconomyNews
Tax Reform Will ‘Help Everyone,’ This Small-Business Owner Says
For one struggling business owner in America’s heartland, tax reform is a must. “Tax reform is gonna help everyone,” Carla Young, owner of C.J.’s Cleaning… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Trump Can Keep the Economy at 3% Growth
Americans received good news this week: The economy, as measured by gross domestic product, grew at a 3 percent rate in the second quarter of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Strong Jobs Report for July Gives Trump Momentum for Tax Reform
The U.S. economy created 209,000 jobs last month, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, exceeding expert predictions by nearly 30,000… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump’s Labor Secretary Targets Occupational Licensing for Elimination
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta took on occupational licensing reform Friday, calling for the elimination of unnecessary licenses and the streamlining of those that make sense…. Read More
SocietyNews
Failed Welfare State an Opportunity for Conservatives, ‘Hillbilly’ Writer Argues
Liberals built a welfare state that doesn’t offer upward mobility to Americans trapped in poverty, “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance says, and conservatives should step… Read More
EconomyNews
EXCLUSIVE: $2 Million Obama-Era Program Gets 17 People Jobs
A government-funded job training program that promised to turn hundreds of residents of Kentucky’s coal country into computer coders so far has spent $2 million… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here’s What ‘Made in America Week’ Should Have Celebrated
Earlier this week, craftsmen and entrepreneurs from all 50 states met on the White House lawn to celebrate American-made products, as a part of the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Jobs Report Stronger Than Expected, but More Must Be Done to Boost the Economy
Despite the low rumble of an economic slowdown on the horizon from various experts predicting the worst is to come, the Trump administration will no… Read More
