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- Champaign County's jobless rate at highest in 18 years (The Champaign News-Gazette)
CHAMPAIGN – Champaign County's unemployment rate has jumped to the highest point in at least 18 years – and is no longer one of the lowest in the state. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday that 6.5 percent of the county's labor force was out of work and looking for a job in June. That was up from 4.9 percent in May. - Local job market's gains beat the national average (The Buffalo News)
All of a sudden, the Buffalo Niagara job market is hot -- relatively speaking. - State workers angry over pay-slashing plan (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
State workers reacted with a mixture of anger and skepticism Thursday to the possibility of their paychecks being slashed to minimum-wage levels if the budget stalemate persists in Sacramento. - ML&P to lay off hundreds (The Maui News)
KAHULUI - Maui Land & Pineapple Co., a venerable island company with ties to the island's missionary past, began telling workers Thursday it is cutting its work force by 274 positions in a reorganization under pressure of higher costs and lower revenues. According to reports, the layoffs take effect immediately, although labor officials say some workers are guaranteed a 60-day notice. Although t - Wage increase has hidden cost (Portsmouth Herald)
WASHINGTON and#8212; As the United States implemented yet another increase in the federal minimum wage rate on Thursday, the Employment Policies Institute released new preliminary data showing the direct relationship between minimum wage increases and a... - Historically Speaking: Chin Lee and Exeter's Chinese Heritage (Exeter News-Letter)
In the postcard collection of the Exeter Historical Society there are a few depicting the Trade and Carnival Week parade in 1914. Behind the happy throngs of people on Water Street, standing on a lot that is today populated by coffee-sipping patrons of... - Park board silent on reason for Betts' leave (The Naperville Sun)
Naperville Park District officials remained mum Thursday night on the details surrounding the leave of absence taken by its executive director, referring all questions to the board's attorney. When reached by phone after the park board meeting, attorney Gregory R. James Jr. said Betts is still with the district. He said Betts' status is a "private personnel matter." - Grant creates jobs for cleanup (The Des Moines Register)
Todd Siron is employed again, thanks to the 2008 floods and a federal grant that will hire hundreds of unemployed Iowans to restore the state’s public buildings and spaces. - Guest worker program drafted for Washington (Tri-City Herald)
As national immigration reform stalls in the other Washington, state agricultural advocates are rolling out a guest worker pilot program they hope state legislators will support in January. - Unemployment claims by laid-off employees jump (San Jose Mercury News)
WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their workforces to cope with a slowing economy and fallout from a collapsed housing market.
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