For the first time in six months, Oregon reported an increase in jobs added to the state economy. Oregon’s seasonally adjusted non farm payroll employment added 2,900 jobs in December after a loss of 2,000 jobs in the previous month. December marked the first time since July that the state gained jobs. The last substantial [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Are you unemployed in NJ? You are not the only one. Unemployment rates climbed to a 33 year high of 10.1% in December. This is the first time since October 2006 that the unemployment rate in NJ has been higher than the national average. Total employment fell to 3,910,400 in December, with heavy job [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has outlined a plan to create as many as 40,000 jobs in the state over the next three years. The governor’s 10-point plan includes tax incentives, streamlined permitting procedures and energy savings, according to a press release. It is expected to cost about $15 million and be paid through mid-2011. A business [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
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...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...Monday, December 7, 2009
State budget cuts are costing 40 police inspectors in Indiana their jobs at the end of this month. Half of the 83 motor vehicle inspectors, who work for the police department, will be out of work next year. The inspectors are responsible for the safety of trucks and school buses, along with other [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
Delaware currently has just over 800 jobs and the state is planning to cut 525 of them permanently as part of an ongoing process to trim the budget deficit. Eliminating the jobs will save the state $13.75 million per year. This year’s saving has already been realized, but the jobs will not be coming back. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is cutting another 1000 state jobs and says an additional 1000 jobs may be in jeopardy if the unions won’t make some concessions. Massachusetts is struggling to close a $600 million gap in their budget this year. Patrick wants the unions to agree to nine unpaid furlough [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Governor Chet Culver of Iowa has ordered a ten percent spending cut after tax revenues came in shorter than expected. To meet this cut, state agencies will have to cut 1300 jobs. 529 of these jobs are currently vacant, but the remainder will come from layoffs. Agencies have until October 28th to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Massachusetts has been cutting jobs all year in an effort to make up for its budget deficits. So far this year, 1620 jobs have been cut, with 726 of those coming as layoffs. 129 of those layoffs came during the most recent pay period. The state still has a $600 million [...]
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
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