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Conservatives may be under attack in Washington, but many of htem are winning huge battles in the individual states. John Gizzi, Human Events Senior White House Correspondent, weighs in.
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NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy produced just 88,000 new jobs last month- less than half the 200,000 expected in a Reuters poll, and below even the lowest estimate in the survey. "
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NEW YORK, April 5- Prices for U.S. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy produced just 88,000 new jobs last month- less than half the 200,000 expected in a Reuters poll, and below even the lowest estimate in the survey. "
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MILWAUKEE-- The parents of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria more than four months ago said Thursday that his latest disappearance is more upsetting than an earlier one in Libya because they don't know who is holding him.
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NEW YORK-- New York City's mayor met Thursday with the parents of a Chicago girl killed just days after performing at President Barack Obama's inaugural festivities, then suggested that places interested in reducing gun violence might want to emulate the Big Apple, where studies have found teenagers are less likely to carry weapons than in any other major U.S. city.
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NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. Today's report pushes out the date at which the Federal Reserve may reduce its purchases of securities, "said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist, Investments Group, at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
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*Bank of Japan steps up asset purchases to boost economy. Treasury debt market rallied on Thursday as investors sought higher-yielding dollar assets after the Bank of Japan said it would step up asset purchases to boost its economy, sending Japanese bond yields to record lows.
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*New U.S. jobless claims rise to three-month high. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 28,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 385,000, the highest level since last November, the U.S. Labor Department said.
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MADISON, Wis.-- Republican legislators have asked an advisory council to review a package of changes to Wisconsin's unemployment benefit rules, including linking eligibility to the state's unemployment rate, devoting millions in tax dollars to reducing federal debt and scaling back benefits during training in an effort to help the state recover from a surge of unemployment claims during the recession.
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LANSING, Mich.-- Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other states move to enact such mandates.
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MILWAUKEE-- When three vials of a possible cancer-fighting compound disappeared recently from a professor's desk at the Medical College of Wisconsin, suspicion quickly fell on a research assistant who had been working in the scientist's lab.
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March 31- Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that loosed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line.
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The two strongest equity sectors that have fueled the S&P 500's recovery are consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks.
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MADISON, Wis.-- A new report says insurers who sell medical policies to Wisconsin individuals will face an 80 percent increase in claims costs by 2017 thanks to the national health care law.
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CARLTON, Wis.-- Layoffs from the shutdown of Dominion Resources Inc.' s Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin are scheduled to start at the end of May. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says it received notice that a series of layoffs at the nuclear plant will begin May 31.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.
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By Jeff Mason and David Morgan. WASHINGTON, March 26- President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.
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March 25- Following are details from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Midwest manufacturing index. Percent change from month prior and from year earlier:. The survey covers the five states that make up the seventh Federal Reserve district: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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March 25- Following are details from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Midwest manufacturing index. Percent change from month prior and from year earlier: Jan' 13 Dec' 12 Nov' 12 Jan' 13/ 12 CFMMI +0.1 +1.9 +2.2 +6.4 Auto +0.7 +3.1 +4.1 +15.2 Steel -0.5 +1.4 +1.8 +3.1 Machinery +0.4 +0.7 +0.9 +2.8 Resources -0.3 +1.8 +1.1 +1.5.
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A performance this weekend by the Navy and Marine Corps’ Blue Angels near Key West, Fla., will also be its last for some time.
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*FAA spares 40 towers on original list of proposed closures. The FAA must absorb $637 million in cuts by Sept. 30. The FAA said another 40 towers previously slated for closure will remain open, either because them shutting them would not be in the national interest or because money was found in a federal cost-sharing program to keep them open.
