Economy

Economy

June's Labor Data Is Not As Strong As Many Employers Would Have Liked

9:32am July 02, 2021

U.S. employers added 850,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate was largely the same as in May. Many sectors, including restaurants and factories, have struggled to find enough workers.

A "Help Wanted" sign is displayed at a gas station in Los Angeles. After surviving the pandemic, small businesses across the country are struggling to find workers

Business Should Be Booming — If Only There Were Enough Workers For The Job

9:10am July 02, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Small businesses are struggling to find enough workers to keep pace with booming demand even as data showed 850,000 jobs created in June.

Advocates for expanding Medicaid in Kansas staged a protest outside the entrance to the statehouse parking garage in Topeka in May 2019. Today, twelve states have still not expanded Medicaid. The biggest are Texas, Florida, and Georgia, but there are a fe

12 Holdout States Haven't Expanded Medicaid, Leaving 2 Million People In Limbo

5:12pm July 01, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

They don't qualify for Medicaid in their states, but earn too little to be eligible for subsidized ACA health plans. It's a gap in health care coverage, and some politicians are trying to fix it.

Judge Rules Indiana Can't Back Out Pandemic-Era Programs For Jobless Workers

7:32am July 01, 2021

by Justin Hicks

Indiana is one of about two dozen GOP-led states that ended federal unemployment benefits to push workers toward unfilled jobs. It's the first to be ordered by a court to keep paying the benefits.

Bronx native and Associate Campaigner at Change.org, Erni Poché, in the Sutton Place neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City on Wednesday, June 30.

Economy

Change.Org Workers Form A Union, Giving Labor Activists Another Win In Tech

8:00pm June 30, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

The online-petition startup is the latest tech company where activism among workers has led to the formation of a labor union. Once taboo in Silicon Valley, unions are now on the rise.

Kathleen McAuliffe, a home care worker for Catholic Charities in a Portland, Maine, suburb, helps client John Gardner with his weekly chores. McAuliffe shops for Gardner's groceries, cleans his home and runs errands for him during her weekly visit.

With Workers In Short Supply, Seniors Often Wait Months For Home Health Care

5:03am June 30, 2021

by Phil Galewitz

Seniors, their families and states are eager to keep older Americans in their homes and out of nursing homes, but those efforts are often thwarted by worker shortages and low pay.

Economy

The Supreme Court Leaves The CDC's Moratorium On Evictions In Place

8:00pm June 29, 2021

By a 5-to-4 vote, the court left in place the nationwide moratorium on evictions put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The moratorium is set to expire on July 31.

What America's Startup Boom Could Mean For The Economy

6:31am June 29, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

The historic surge of new businesses seen in 2020 has continued through the first half of 2021. Is it merely a pendulum swing back to a normal economy, or a rocket ship to a better economy?

Facing 40% Inflation, Iranians Wonder If And When Their Economy Will Rebound

4:45pm June 28, 2021

by Peter Kenyon

As Iranians face 40% inflation, they hope their economy has bottomed out and can't get much worse.

The college student never learned what caused the intense pain that drove her to an ER, but her bill totaled $18,735.93. She and her mom, a nurse practitioner, were outraged after dissecting the charges.

A Hospital Charged More Than $700 For Each Push Of Medicine Through Her IV

12:00pm June 28, 2021

by Rae Ellen Bichell

A college student never learned the cause of intense pain that drove her to an ER, but her bill totaled $18,735.93. She and her mom, a nurse practitioner, were outraged after dissecting the charges.