Most Texans say COVID is still a crisis. Their governor just dropped all safety rules.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is even rescinding mask mandates throughout the state.
By Donna Provencher - March 02, 2021Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is even rescinding mask mandates throughout the state.
By Donna Provencher - March 02, 2021‘We’re going to invest in programs that prepare our workers for jobs of the future.’
By Associated Press - February 14, 2021One of the measures would lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.
By Amy Lieu - February 09, 2021Analysts say President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan could speed economic recovery.
By Donna Provencher - February 04, 2021A group of wealthy Americans has come out in support of the latest effort to increase workers’ wages, saying doing so would benefit everyone.
By Amy Lieu - January 27, 2021Congressional Republicans say increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 will cost millions of jobs. Experts say that’s not quite true.
By Amy Lieu - January 26, 2021There are signs that the job market, for all its deep losses, might be set up for a fast hiring recovery.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2021Biden is inheriting an economy in shambles.
By Emily Singer - January 14, 2021Mexico never paid for that wall, for one.
By Josh Israel - December 27, 2020The Wisconsin Republican says $900 billion is too much to waste on pandemic relief.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020Americans have lost more jobs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic than during the entire Great Recession.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020David Perdue is falsely claiming Trump’s economy was the best in history before COVID. But Trump is still in charge of the economy right now.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2020The economy grew by the largest amount ever — but still falls short of pre-pandemic levels.
By Emily Singer - October 29, 2020Former President Barack Obama took Trump to task over his virus response, the economy, health care, and his obsession with Twitter.
By Oliver Willis - October 27, 2020Trump’s claims of vast job creation are easily debunked.
By Amy Lieu - October 23, 2020Larry Kudlow called the massive job losses under Trump ‘gales of creative destruction.’
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020But Trump says so a lot.
By Josh Israel - September 29, 2020Trump has not delivered on his promise to ‘get those jobs coming back’ to Ohio.
By Tana Ganeva - September 29, 2020Eighty percent of LGBTQ people believe it’s more important to stop the virus in its tracks than to get back to business as usual.
By Casey Quinlan - September 04, 2020Under the hood, the August jobs report is bad news for the economic recovery.
By Emily Singer - September 04, 2020Between traditional unemployment insurance and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, 1.6 million new claims were filed last week.
By Josh Israel - September 03, 2020Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans flipped reality on its head, using lies and distortions to persuade voters to back Donald Trump for a second term.
By Associated Press - August 27, 2020The latest figures suggest that more than five months after the viral outbreak erupted the economy is still weak.
By Associated Press - August 20, 2020Thirty percent of LGBTQ people have had their hours reduced as a result of the crisis, compared to 22% of the general population.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2020Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is upset that Trump won’t get in line with Republicans in Congress.
By Oliver Willis - August 07, 2020Delaying another coronavirus relief bill could be making the problem worse, says one market analyst.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2020Joe Biden says Donald Trump is trying to distract attention from racial inequalities and economic turmoil.
By Associated Press - July 29, 2020The Biden campaign’s proposals attempt to illustrate for voters how the coronavirus can present opportunities for job growth and new policy priorities.
By Associated Press - July 21, 2020Trump promised Americans ‘a very positive statement’ on the minimum wage. He has yet to follow through.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 21, 2020The election is less than four months away, but Trump is only focused on winning — not governing.
By Associated Press - July 19, 2020