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Economy

People wait to speak with representatives from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission about unemployment claims
Community

Gone for good? Evidence signals many jobs aren’t coming back

On Friday, the government is expected to report that the pace of hiring has slowed significantly after a brief rebound in the spring.

6 years ago

Close up of a dictionary word
Community

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf and Casey implore Senate to extend unemployment benefits

“The abrupt loss of this financial support will have a devastating ripple effect across communities and all across our entire commonwealth," said Governor Wolf.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Delaware establishes new program to retrain workers laid off during the pandemic

Delaware will use $10 million in CARES Act funding to provide job training and employment resources to those laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. IAndrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden wants the Fed to help close racial economic gaps. How would that work?

The central bank has blunt instruments at its disposal, which are not tailored to economics of racial groups. Biden wants the Fed to more explicitly factor in POC outcomes.

6 years ago

Car buying amid a pandemic
Community

The best car-buying incentives are over, but you may still find a good deal

April’s record-breaking rebates are long gone as car sales pick up, but experts say that doesn’t mean potential buyers can’t get a good deal.

6 years ago

Cameron Mitchell
NPR
Money

3 months of hell: U.S. economy drops 32.9% in worst GDP report ever

The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Dept. said Thursday.

6 years ago

Emergency procedures have been put into place to allow state lawmakers to vote on bills remotely. (Dani Fresh for Keystone Crossroads)
Politics & Policy

Millions of paycheck protection dollars went to Pennsylvania lobbyists

PPP money isn’t supposed to go to businesses primarily engaged in lobbying. Pa. lobbyists who received the money say it’s only part of their business.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., during a news conference on on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, to highlight their proposal for the next coronavirus stimulus bill. McConnell is joined by, from left, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Mnuchin, Pelosi talk virus relief; GOP slashes jobless aid

While Senate Republicans struggled to roll out their own $1 trillion proposal, Pelosi implored the White House and GOP lawmakers to stop the infighting.

6 years ago

Virus Outbreak Unemployment
Community

1.4 million seek jobless aid, first increase since March

Last week’s pace of unemployment applications — the 18th straight week it’s topped 1 million — was up from 1.3 million the previous week.

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by a closed storefront in Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’

The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.

6 years ago

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
NPR
Money

The end of $600 unemployment benefits will hit millions of households and the economy

Millions who lost jobs during the pandemic are in danger of having their incomes cut again. The sudden halt in payments would be felt in households and throughout the economy.

6 years ago

Shere Jones, parent of incoming high school freshman Laila in Wilmington, wonders what happens to the stock of uniforms if all parents choose to hold off on purchases. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Education

Wait and see what the fall brings? Snag what’s on sale now? The back-to-school shopping questions vexing parents

Avoid a run on uniforms? Hold off on notebooks? Parents weigh which approach is best as they await decisions on school reopenings.

6 years ago

Listen 1:36
Talib Abdul Mujib
Keystone Crossroads
Community

New Pa. grant targets minority business owners hurt by coronavirus shutdown

Black and Latinx business owners have been hit harder by the pandemic than their white counterparts, but have been less likely to receive federal aid.

6 years ago

In this June 22, 2020, file photo, wearing a face shield, server Brandon Fricke, left, takes orders from dine-in customers surrounded by protective dividers at Water Grill seafood restaurant in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Politics & Policy

Rising coronavirus infections threaten US economic recovery

The virus is forcing businesses and consumers to freeze spending and keeping the unemployment rate stubbornly high.

6 years ago

The American Postal Workers union local 89 and other labor supporters protest in Old City demanding the postal service be fully funded. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Mail delays likely as new Postal Service boss pushes cost-cutting

The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers and says employees must adopt a "different mindset” to ensure the Postal Service survives COVID-19.

6 years ago

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