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January 11th, 2010
Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 2 increased to 15,287 from the previous week’s 11,733. Continued claims (those receiving benefits for two weeks or more) rose by 23,466 to reach 248,139 – or 34.9 percent...
December 30th, 2009
In Oprah Winfreys "White House Christmas Special," Obama gave himself a "good, solid B-plus" for his first 11 months as president. Furthermore, he claims that passage of the health care bill will boost his grade to an A-...
December 14th, 2009
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), temporary and contract work has increased significantly. That is offsetting to some extent continued job losses in a number of sectors.
December 5th, 2009
Just hours before the White House “jobs summit”, House Republicans convened a roundtable with leading economists to discuss job-threatening policies moving through Congress that are creating uncertainty for small businesses...
November 6th, 2009
The national unemployment rate has just risen to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983. American families and small businesses are struggling in these challenging economic times. With our unemployment now in double...
October 31st, 2009
The good news of the week: The economy is on the rise for the first time in more than a year. From July through September the economy grew by 3.5 percent, the strongest uptick in two years. Obama called the development no...
October 19th, 2009
For September, unemployment in Texas rose from 8 percent in August to a 26-year high of 8.2 percent. With the exceptions of Waco and Odessa, the majority of the state’s major cities experienced increases in unemployment....
June 11th, 2009
When assessing the Stimulus bill back in February, Obama repeatedly affirmed that the Stimulus bill would save or create 3 million jobs with 1.25 million of those jobs saved or created by the beginning of June. Now that the...
January 6th, 2010
In "It's a Wonderful Life Working for the Government," Michael Barone states that in a recent Rasmussen Poll,
December 21st, 2009
Last week I discussed the increases in temporary worker hiring. Historically, this trend has signified the first step towards lowering unemployment during recessionary periods. But, this time the temporary hire upsurge may...
December 8th, 2009
The President promised the American people that his trillion dollar stimulus bill would keep unemployment below 8%. Now, with unemployment at 10%, the President proposes another special interest slush fund using ‘savings’...
November 24th, 2009
Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending Nov. 14 fell by 19 percent to 18,660 from the previous week’s 22,916. This was the largest week-to-week decline since Sept. 12. Continued claims (those receiving benefits for...
November 1st, 2009
From an ailing economy to rising health care costs— this year has seen many difficult challenges for Texas families, working men...
October 30th, 2009
Texas initial jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 17 declined to 20,228 – a 2,252 decrease from the previous week’s 22,480. The four-week moving average (a more consistent measure) for initial claims rose to 20,924....
October 7th, 2009
The Obamas jetted off to Copenhagen, Denmark in an attempt to use their "star power" to personally lobby to bring the Olympics to Chicago in 2016. But after the meeting, when they were still in Air Force One on their return...
