The December unemployment rate moved up one tenth of a percent to 3.2%. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that comes as more people were looking for jobs. “The good news is that ...

The labor force participation rate — how much of the working age population has a job or is looking for one — held at 62.7% percent last month, according to the latest jobs report released Friday.

It’s a story of social history meets economics: The 19th Amendment declared women had the right to vote. But less appreciated is the role of the First World War in paving the path for women in careers ...

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- A larger percentage of young people are getting jobs than have done so in the past 15 years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 38% of people between ...

The benefits of democratic societies go beyond greater personal freedoms and liberties. A new study by a UC Riverside economics professor has found that democratic systems of government also lead to ...

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has completed a series of reports that finds that if Kentucky parents had greater access to and less income going toward childcare, it could be a billion dollar ...

Sen. Mays Bledsoe says getting more Kentuckians on the job can start with looking at certifications. Many Republican lawmakers point to the economy and inflation as prime reasons for GOP victories in ...

Troiano analyzed data from the Polity IV Project, which measures the degree of democracy or autocracy in countries over time, assigning each country a numerical score ranging from -10 (full autocracy) ...