Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter is, like most governors these days, looking for ways to trim the state budget. He’s looking at cutting 458 state jobs as one part of a larger spending cut plan. Many of these jobs are vacant, and in some cases have been vacant for a while, but some [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on leaders of government, business and labor to unite with the goal of creating 20 million jobs over the next decade. Chamber president Thomas Donohue outlined five areas where government and business can unite to work towards that goal. “Our nation faces many big challenges, but no priority is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 4, 2010
Pennsylvania’s Governor, Ed Rendell, announced today that the state would be forced to furlough 1,000 employees if the legislature does not approve a measure allowing its new casinos to offer table games by the end of the week. Currently, Pennsylvania casinos only offer slot machines while competing casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, have [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Last week the city of Minneapolis laid off 25 policemen last week, many of whom had just graduated from the police academy this year. Now, thanks to stimulus money, the city has called 13 of them back to work starting January 1. In addition, 2 more have been called back with funding from [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
For the first time in almost two and a half years, Massachusetts saw a drop in unemployment last month. The states unemployment rate fell .4% to 8.9% from September’s 9.3%, the highest level since 1975. Although most of the growth came in professional services, the best news came from the construction industry which [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
Grand Rapids will announce a major restructuring of the city government tomorrow and is expected to cut 150 jobs as part of a cost savings program to bring the budget in line. The city currently has a $27 million deficit. Grand Rapids has 1700 municipal employees at the moment, so nearly 1 in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Update: This is an update to the Iowa budget crisis we blogged about last week. Iowa Governor Chet Culver accepted a deal to slash $520 million from the budget, ordering unpaid furlough days as well as requesting that unions renegotiate contracts in lieu of layoffs. “The good news here is we’re making progress,” said the governor. The governor’s [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
California lost another 39,300 jobs last month, almost 6 times the number of jobs lost in August. 14,100 jobs were lost in construction and 12,700 government jobs are gone. Shortfalls in the operating budgets of local governments across the state are blamed for the steep job loss in the government sector. Although job [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
The US Department of Veterans Affairs will establish a patient account center in Leavenworth, Kansas, creating 400 jobs. The facility, to be installed at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center, which will handle billing, insurance verification, accounts receivable management, and cash management. The Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center is part of the VA Eastern Kansas Health [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The United States Census Bureau’s National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, will hire 2,000 people for the 2010 census. The hirings are being carried out in three stages, with the first group of 200 clerk hirings already underway. The clerks will be responsible for filing, processing and preparing documents, shipping, processing mail and computer work. In July, [...]
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