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Twenty-one states continue to have minimum wages the same as the national number.
While there is no such thing as the perfect city, the United States is full of places with few, if…
Though bachelor’s degree attainment rates are increasing, there is still much variation in the share of college-educated adults across the…
Every 10 years, the decennial census is used to assign each state its number of seats in the U.S. House…
Depending on the source, some 10 million to 12 million Americans will lose unemployment benefits today. While it is impossible…
St. Cloud, Minnesota, has the worst socioeconomic disparities along racial lines of any U.S. metro area.
Among the arguments for extending the benefits of the original CARES Act is that the overall economy will suffer as…
The state most likely to have overpaid unemployment benefits is Michigan, according to U.S. Department of Labor data.
Franklin D. Roosevelt received 98% of the Electoral College votes in 1936. Ronald Reagan did almost as well in 1984.
Some politicians, often led by Senator Bernie Sanders, and social activists believe that too many Americans are wildly wealthy and…
While much of the national attention is still focused on the coronavirus, consumer sentiment was not. It really boils down…
Despite all the red flags about the world's worsening climate, Americans continue in habits widely known to cause serious problems.
States are beginning to send letters to Americans who received unemployment benefits this year notifying them that they had been…
Small business owners' optimism declined slightly in November as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, hitting small businesses hard.
Carson City, Nevada, which has a population of less than 56,000, has a jobless rate of more than 6%.
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