Hopefully, the editorial board of the Post-Dispatch will read the AP story they are running today, titled “Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring.” But we are supposed to look at taxes as an “investment,” according to the Post, rather than as a compulsory taking (a term I don’t automatically regard [...]
TOPEKA | Kansas unemployment rate went DOWN in October to 6.4 percent. Down?
Yes, but don’t get too excited. The state’s Department of Labor says the dip (September’s jobless number was 6.8 percent) is mostly due to seasonal factors.
The monthly job data was released this morning by the Department of Labor.
Kansas [...]
from washingtonpost.com
Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw nerves of lawmakers flooded with stories of unemployment [...]
Rep. Sam Graves says he's against legislation requiring almost every business to provide paid sick leave to employees who get the swine flu or other contagious diseases.
"At a time when our nation is facing a 10.2% unemployment rate, the last thing our small businesses need is another mandate," Graves [...]
The state’s unemployment rate fell by two-tenths of a percent to 9.3 percent in October.
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Down to 9.3%SIGN OF STABILITY A BRIGHT SPOT FOR NIXON Missouri's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 9.3 percent in October, keeping the Show-Me State's jobless rate about one full point below the national average. Nationally, the unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent last [...] Abortion could be the issue that stalls health care reform
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Video: Nixon not offering predictions on unemployment, recession
A critique of how the Parents as Teachers program as a "middle-class entitlement," a comparison of the net worth of members of [...]
Gov. Jay Nixon made no predictions about when Missouri's unemployment rate would drop and said it was "very, very difficult" to determine when the state would climb out of a recession.
Nixon also made the case that Missouri has been able to manage the recession better than other states and' [...]
KMBC: "While the recession is supposed to be over, the unemployment rate has broken through the double-digit 10.2% barrier in October." [...] 
Missouri Republicans hopped all over the new unemployment rate Friday, which hit double-digits for the first time in 26 years. GOPers said the 10.2 percent jobless number proved that the Obama administration's massive economic stimulus package failed to accomplish its intended goals, eight months after [...] WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine [...]
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of just two Senators not present to vote on extending unemployment benefits. But her office said she still supported the measure and would've voted for it if she could've made the vote. The Senate voted almost unanimously to extend unemployment [...] 
Congressman Ike Skelton recently met with U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to discuss the unemployment rate in the 4th Congressional District. JEFFERSON CITY | As expected, October was another ugly month for state revenue collections in Missouri.
High unemployment has sapped income-tax collections, and the still-weak economy has seriously dented sales-tax revenues.
Since the start of the fiscal year in July, the state has collected $2.15 billion in general revenues -- [...]
Sen. Kit Bond was one of just two Senators to vote yesterday against legislation to extend unemployment benefits and a tax credit for first-time homebuyers.
Lawmakers voted 85-2 to move closer to a final vote on the bill, which would extend until April 30 the [...]
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