EconomyNews
Socialists, Billionaires Back LA’s Minimum Wage Hike Proposal
An activist group is pushing to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles to $15 an hour with the help of philanthropic billionaires, tax dollars… Read More
Health CareNews
This Bill Would Undo Medicare Home Health Cuts Under Obamacare
House Republicans propose to roll back major cuts in Medicare home health services, saying they want to help senior citizens and other Americans who face… Read More
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Organization Pushes for Ballot Referendum on Seattle $15 Minimum Wage
In Seattle, a grassroots organization has submitted a petition complete with nearly 20,000 signatures—well above the 16,000 signature prerequisite, calling for a ballot referendum to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Teens Need Summer Jobs. Too Bad There Aren’t Many.
School’s out, and I’m terrified my two teenage boys won’t get a job this summer and will sit around watching TV, playing computer games or… Read More
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Schumer Plans to ‘Pressure’ House to Save Export-Import Bank
Advocates of pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank are girding to resist what they see as a “blatantly partisan maneuver” in the Senate to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Today’s Jobs Report Is Good News for America
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics had encouraging news for Americans. The June jobs report contained some of the best labor market figures since the… Read More
EconomyNews
How One State Made the Minimum Wage Meaningless
DICKINSON, N.D.—As policymakers in Washington, D.C., debate raising the federal minimum wage, entry-level workers in North Dakota enjoy pay levels nearly twice the current federal… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Chart: How Much Would You Make If You Worked at Hobby Lobby?
>>> Q&A: How the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision Affects Obamacare
EconomyCommentary
Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
The commerce department reported Wednesday that the economy contracted by nearly 3 percent from January through March. This dismal shrinkage in output has many Americans… Read More
EconomyNews
Lawmakers Spar Over Whether to Renew Export-Import Bank
Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee faced off today at a hearing on the future of the Export-Import Bank and its role in subsidizing companies… Read More
EconomyNews
Sunlight Report: Don’t Underestimate Export-Import Bank’s Corporate Friends
Despite losing a friend in House leadership and now his successor’s avowed lack of interest, the Export-Import Bank — which has been criticized for promoting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Are So Many Young Adults Not Looking for Jobs?
Economists are scratching their heads trying to figure out a puzzle in this recovery: Why are young people not working? People retiring at age 60… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For Poorer Workers, the Recession Is Nowhere Near Over
The more you play a sport or instrument, the better you get. It’s the same story with work: with more experience, workers become more productive… Read More
Conservatives: Obama’s Approach to Student Loans Hurts Millennials
The job market and student loan debt had lawmakers waxing philosophical at today’s Conversations with Conservatives event on Capitol Hill. “When I graduated from undergrad,… Read More
EconomyNews
3 Major U.S. Airlines Fight to Cancel Cheaper International Travel
A measure aimed at grounding an upstart airline offering affordable fares for transcontinental travel appears headed for a vote in the House of Representatives. The… Read More
EconomyNews
Consumers Hit With Surcharge to Cover City’s $15 Minimum Wage
In the city of SeaTac, Wash., where the minimum wage is now $15 an hour, one business is charging customers a “living wage” surcharge. An… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
May’s Jobs Report: Lowest Percentage of Americans Working in Decades
There was good news and bad news in today’s jobs report, and both came from what the report did not show. The did not show either the warning or… Read More
EconomyNews
Emanuel’s Chicago Among Cities to Get Federal ‘Manufacturing Communities’ Funds
A dozen communities across the nation, including Chicago, where former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is mayor, will receive up to $1.3 billion… Read More
EconomyNews
How Smarter Policies Can Transform the States, Renew the Nation
His state doesn’t have pass-through taxes, so owners of small businesses don’t pay taxes on profits as part of their individual tax returns. In little… Read More
EconomyNews
The One Policy That Would ‘Devastate’ Restaurants, According to Carl’s Jr. CEO
The chief executive of CKE Restaurants—parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s—says the Obama administration is anti-business and the outlook isn’t getting any better. “Basically,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Enron, Papa John’s and the Ritz Got Taxpayer Subsidies
What do Enron, the Soros Economic Development Fund, Papa John’s Pizza, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, MTV, the Bank of Palestine, and Deutsche Bank have in common?… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Fast Food ‘Strikes’ Just a Front for Massive Union Organizing Campaign
The media have extensively covered global fast food “strikes” today. But very few actual workers participated in #FastFoodStrike. USA Today reports only “hundreds of fast… Read More
Raise Middle-Class Wages, Not the Minimum Wage
There was more bad news for workers’ paychecks in the recent April jobs report. Wages and salaries were flat. No raise at all – not… Read More
One Way to Stop American Jobs from Walking Away
Policy has consequences, and they’re often very predictable. For example, if you tax businesses more, they will be less likely to locate in your country…. Read More
California Leavin’: This State Is in a State of Denial
Everyone knows how you diplomatically break up a romantic relationship that has come to an end. The problem, you say to the one you’re splitting… Read More
Upstart Airline Creates Turbulence for Big U.S. Carriers, Union Leaders
An upstart transcontinental airline says it’s making headway with lower costs for passengers and higher pay for workers, but its business model put it on… Read More
Economy News
What the Left Doesn’t Want You to Know About Equal Pay for Women
“Equal Pay Day” is slated for April 8—plenty of time for Democrats to start playing the gender card in hopes of galvanizing female voters ahead… Read More
Who Creates Jobs—and Why?
If you want to protect spending in Washington, call it “job creation.” That’s the flip side of yesterday’s quip by Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at… Read More
Cruz’s Energy Bill a Win for Economy, Taxpayers, and Free Markets
Over the past few years, energy production has been one of the bright spots in the American economy. The U. S. is now the world’s… Read More
How Many Jobs Are Threatened by the EPA in YOUR District?
The Obama Administration is trying to regulate Americans’ livelihoods away. Will Congress do anything to stop it? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pushing regulation… Read More
