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Life satisfaction in a given state is often based on highly subjective measures — whether the climate is nice, whether friends and family are present, and other factors. While a connection to a...
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Two states have unemployment rates below 3% They are Nebraska and North Dakota. Each stands out because the national rate is 5%, and in some states over 6% The jobless rate in Nebraska in October was...
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U.S. home prices have recovered substantially since the housing crisis. The improvement, however, has been uneven, and in many U.S. cities housing markets continue to struggle. In others, property...
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Source: thinkstock.com Perceived as a land of opportunity, the United States has always attracted migrants from around the world who settled together in a nation now commonly referred to as the Great...
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Source: Thinkstock Marketing agencies make it a priority to identify the nation’s regional brand tastes — why people choose Coca-Cola over Pepsi, or Ford over Chrysler — in one part of the...
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Source: thinkstock.comA little more than 30% of American adults are college educated, a slight increase from a year ago when 29.6% of adults had at least a bachelor’s degree. Education levels in...
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Sales of marijuana for recreational use became legal in Oregon on October 1, and demand was literally unprecedented.
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Source: ThinkstockThis October, California passed a pay equity law — one of the first of its kind — that expands the grounds on which women can challenge gender discrimination in the workplace....
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Maryland's poverty rate is the second lowest of all states, an example of the difference between the state's economic health compared to most of the country.
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Source: thinkstock.comWages for the wealthiest 1% of Americans more than doubled between 1979 and 2011. Wages for the median U.S. worker, by contrast, increased just 6% over that period. The gap...
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Source: ThinkstockThe United States offers some of the most expensive college educations in the world, and costs have risen to record highs. The College Board found that in the most recent academic...
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Source: ThinkstockOver the first half of this year, the U.S. economy generated slightly more than $17.9 trillion in goods and services, up $286 billion from the previous six months. The nation’s...
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Source: ThinkstockThe United States added 3.2 million jobs in 2014, a greater addition to the workforce than in 2013, when 2.3 million jobs were added. At the end of last year, there were 139 million...
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Source: ThinkstockPresident Barack Obama released in August the final version of his climate policy and energy use program, the Clean Power Plan. The plan, if it passes, will allow the EPA to set...
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Source: ThinkstockNick Saban, the head coach of the University of Alabama football team, earns close to $7 million per year — more than any other public employee in the country. While the case can...
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