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Apr 24 2024
News
Federal funding cuts jeopardize jobs in Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office
The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office may lose three victim advocates and an attorney responsible for handling the office’s most serious cases due to a significant drop in the federal funding that has paid for those jobs. District Attorney Carla Rodriguez on Wednesday asked the Board of Supervisors to make up the $780,031 difference and help preserve the jobs. “We're trying to do our
The Press DemocratDec 08 2023
News
US economy adds 199,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate unexpectedly falls
U.S. job growth continued to chug along at a healthy pace in November, suggesting the labor market remains resilient even in the face of higher interest rates, stubborn inflation and other economic uncertainties.
Employers added 199,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, as striking autoworkers and actors returned to work. That was
Fox BusinessMar 11 2024
Analysis
Biden’s vs. Trump’s economy, in 8 charts
American economic pessimism has been bafflingly persistent despite major indicators showing that the economy is actually strong. Unemployment is low, inflation is down (if sticky), wages are up, the stock market is hitting new all-time highs, and it looks like the Federal Reserve might be able to keep the US out of a recession.
Surveys are beginning to capture growing consumer
VoxApr 23 2024
News
California’s latest job-killing policy is more bad news for Golden Staters
California’s list of public policy failures was already long, but hiking its minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast-food workers may belong at the top. The predictable fallout in lost jobs and higher prices are already being felt, and the flood of residents fleeing the state is poised to accelerate. The Golden State is already home to some of the highest taxes and costs of living in the country
Fox BusinessMar 23 2024
News
Downtown Elyria looking to boost economy
ELYRIA — Downtown Elyria is working to boost its economy after seeing a decline in foot traffic downtown. Michael Griffin is the board chair for the Elyria Community Partnership; the organization focuses on bringing revenue and exposure to downtown. Saturday, they hosted the first small business Saturday, encouraging people to rediscover downtown Elyria. Each participating store had passports
ABC 5 NEWSApr 23 2024
News
Legal expert praises hush money prosecutor’s latest move: 'Great job'
Now that day 6 of Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money trial is over, one legal expert is recognizing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's strategy so far. Former US Attorney Joyce Vance said Tuesday that prosecution team's decision to select former National Enquirer CEO David Pecker to take the witness stand first was the right thing to do. "Was it smart for the prosecution to
AlterNetApr 06 2024
News
Highest-paying jobs in San Francisco
The rich are getting richer, and have been for some time. Across the nation, wages have continued to rise this year despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to temper inflation. In June, average weekly earnings grew at a higher rate than the Consumer Price Index, the nation’s primary inflation indicator. While pay is increasing across income levels, the historical growth for high-income jobs has
KRON4Nov 03 2023
News
The US economy added 150,000 jobs in October, lower than expected
The US economy added 150,000 jobs last month, falling below expectations but still notching a solid month of employment growth, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday.
October’s job growth came in below September’s stronger-than expected but downwardly revised total of 297,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.9% from 3.8%.
The resiliency
CNN BusinessApr 03 2024
Opinion
How the economy — and Philadelphia — could determine the presidential election
The race for the presidency is in full swing, and the state of Pennsylvania — and more specifically Philadelphia — may well decide who wins.
This forecast is based on a model of presidential elections that my colleagues and I at Moody’s Analytics have been using to predict who will be the next president in elections going back to Bush vs. Gore in 2000. The model predicts whether the
The Philadelphia Inquirer