Unemployment in Maryland hit 6.9% in March, a nearly 17-year high. Two-hundred and five thousand Marylanders sought jobs last month. State unemployment has not been…
The unemployment rate in Minnesota hit 8.2% in March, as the state lost 23,200 jobs according to the state Department of Employment and Economic Development.…
Toledo, Ohio has issued layoff notices to 75 police officers, 17 fire department civilian workers, and 142 general-fund workers. Layoffs will begin May 1st. Remaining…
Eight vacant firefighter positions which were recently cut from the San Bernadino, California Fire Department to save $1.2 million, may be restored. Councilman Chas Kelley…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa has ankled two full-time and five part-time library employees. The workers include a supervisor and five book-shelvers. The main library was shuttered…
Organizers of Tuesday's City of Industry Job Fair & Expo expect more than 2,000 jobseekers. Last year, 1,400 attended. Forty-five employers and exhibitors plan to…
Southfield, Michigan school board members will vote Tuesday on layoffs, as part of a budget for the 2009-10 school year. The layoffs would affect 150,…
The Sun-Times Media Group, parent of the Chicago Sun-Times, laid off an undisclosed number of employees, trimming payroll by 15%. The layoffs affected non-union employees…
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is talking with unions, in an attempt to avoid layoffs through union concessions. Budget cuts may compel the Windy City…
The Uttermost Co. of Franklin County, Virginia laid off an undisclosed number of employees this week, said to be "fewer than 25." Mathematicians agree this…