Surprise! Mystery Projects Cause Budget Unease
Again, Florida’s $74.5 billion which is currently on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk, contains numerous lawmakers’ pet projects, absent the details.
BOOMTOWN: Miami Lowers Borrowing Costs, Sells More Bonds
Miami is currently thriving as the leading Latin America hub and the city is reporting a budget surplus and is set to lower its borrowing costs and will start selling $50 million of tax-exempt bonds.
Americans Need Jobs Now
The U.S. economy added just 103,000 new jobs in September and the unemployment rate held constant at 9.1 percent as political obstructionism, retrenchment of state and local government services, and mounting global economic risks took their toll on American workers.
Poll: Americans’ Top Priority Is Still Jobs
A plurality of Americans–39 percent–say the most important problem facing the U.S. is jobs/economy, compared to just 15 percent who say the deficit/debt is the problem, according to the latest CBS/New York Times poll.
How Republicans Plan to Wreck the Economy Even More
Here’s a question for House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) and his Republican colleagues: Whose side are you on?
Scary Stuff, Job Losses Compared with Other Post WW II Recessions
Just to give you a sense of the depths of the current unemployment “crisis” compared with job losses in other Post WW II recessions.
Time To Squeeze Into The Leather Chaps
Ten years ago, I covered my first Biketoberfest as a radio news reporter. I had just moved to Daytona Beach a few months before and didn’t really know what to expect when my news director handed me the assignment. Coming from ultra-conservative Tennessee, I anticipated the four-day event would be a drastic departure from the Appalachian festivals I had covered in the Knoxville area.
Economy Still Bleeding
The July jobs report is in and it doesn’t look good! Overall employers shed 131,000 jobs in the month of July, as temporary Census jobs were wound down and state and local governments cut sharply the numbers of workers, including public school teachers, to the tune of 48,000.
Obama tries to get Back on Message, Lashes Out at GOP
President Obama told an enthusiastic crowd in Wisconsin today that, while the economy was heading in the right direction, additional steps were needed to speed up the recovery and keep the economy growing. He used the occasion to push back hard against GOP senators who repeatedly block measures that would bring relief to the millions of Americas struggling across the country.
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