California’s Democratic governor will also expand job training and credential programs to help more residents without degrees find work in the public sector.
Latinos make up ever increasing shares of student bodies and the workforce but lag behind whites in science and technical education. One North Carolina county has a promising approach.
The meat industry’s multimillion-dollar lobbying fight succeeded in stopping the city’s slaughterhouse ban, which will result in the continued operation of one of the nation’s largest lamb processing facilities.
Dallas voters narrowly passed a new city charter that mandates the Texas city maintain a police force of at least 4,000 cops, an increase of about 900 positions. It’s unclear when the city will complete the “monumental task.”
In the summer of 2022 the state reduced the filing fee for new LLCs to just $1, triggering a surge in fraud and registration delinquencies. Now the state must deal with the fallout, including the possibility that current business and job numbers are not reliable because of it.
Too many jobs that have nothing to do with driving require it. It’s an unnecessary employment barrier, and other states should follow the lead of two that have moved to prohibit it.
The Missouri County voted to boost the pay for some positions within the county’s highway department in an attempt to lure new workers. The county has more than 60 open positions.
Too many contracts go to larger, more-established companies. But it’s younger, smaller businesses that often are better at leveraging new technologies and efficiencies. We need to avoid “vendor lock-in.”
The Bureau of Land Management’s controversial plan updates preferred solar zones for the first time in 12 years and identifies nearly 12 million acres for available solar development in Nevada, more than any of the 11 other states included in the plan.
Innovative wage subsidy programs and other services can help workers without college degrees demonstrate their skills to the employers who need them.
In the past year, 83 percent of Georgia’s corporate recruitment has landed outside of the 10-county Atlanta area. A new program, Georgia Match, sent more than 132,000 letters to high school seniors to highlight technical college programs across the state.
Other states look to Texas as the state psychology board pushes against the new national licensing requirements.
The state has grown by about 2.4 million people since 2003 and yet the DMV says it’s only been authorized to open three new driver’s license offices. The Legislature sets the number of staff for the DMV, which is capped at 568.
The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Business Enhancement Program lasts 15 to 16 weeks and includes workshops on marketing, legal and financial help.
The Los Angeles Superior Court system has more than 125 court reporter vacancies, which raises due process concerns for people in child custody disputes, divorces, conservatorships and other proceedings.
No Republican in Congress voted for an environmental law called the Inflation Reduction Act. Now that its tax credits are spurring manufacturing in their districts, they warn against rolling it back.
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