Labor Markets

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from slowing, the government's deficit spending will surge to a record $1.5 trillion flood of red ink this year, congressional budget experts estimated Wednesday, blaming the slow economic recovery and last month's tax-cut law....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The head of the Indiana AFL-CIO says protecting the unemployment benefits paid to jobless workers will be among the union organization's top priorities during the state Legislature's session. Indiana has borrowed $1.9 billion...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mitch Daniels wants a major revamp for Indiana's education system and he wants state lawmakers to act right away. Daniels used about half of his 30-minute State of the State speech Tuesday night to promote his education...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report is raising hopes the government's official report Friday on last month's job creation could be a blockbuster. The private payroll firm, Automatic Data Processing, says companies added nearly 300,000 jobs in December....

Can new Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder succeed in turning around Michigan’s floundering economy by, as he calls it, reinventing the state? Only time will tell, but a couple of state lawmakers from Berrien County seem to think he’s capable of the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 19 months. That was because more people found jobs, but also because some people gave up on their job searches. The Labor Department says...

Cold, freezing rain and several inches of snow Monday didn't stop people from donating 6,106 pounds of food and $11,943 in cash to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. Thank you Michiana for your amazing response! The nonprofit collected the donations in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The slow, steady improvement continues in Michigan's unemployment rate, with a 0.1 point drop to 10.2 percent last month. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April was announced Wednesday and remains above the national rate of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's unemployment rate fell to 8.2 percent last month, holding the state's jobless rate below the national average and those of all neighboring states for the third straight month. Figures released Friday show that the drop...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The number of Indiana teens and college students with jobs fell sharply during the recession, and their employment prospects might not improve this year as they battle low turnover and increased competition from older workers....

WASHINGTON -- Consumer sentiment perked up in May to its highest level in more than six years, according to a survey released Friday, helped by falling gasoline prices, a rising stock market and firmer housing prices. The preliminary May reading of the...