by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A few highlights from a Reuters report: Since 2009, the wind industry has lost 10,000 jobs, even as the energy capacity of wind farms has almost doubled. By contrast, the oil and gas industry have created 75,000 jobs since Mr. Obama took office. “A $500 million...
by Jane Richey | Apr 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The economy added 120,000 jobs in March, well below what economists had predicted, while the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 8.2 percent. The number is nearly half the 210,000 expected and ends the streak of three straight months in which the economy added...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis faced congressional opposition Wednesday over the Obama administration’s proposed regulations that would determine what chores children are allowed to do on their own family’s farm. Among other things, the Labor Department wants to bar...
by Jane Richey | Mar 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
An attorney with experience in employment law says a new hiring push by the Obama administration puts employers at risk of legal action. The Labor Department is calling for most firms that contract or subcontract with the federal government to have disabled people...