Las Vegas Jobs: Amidst Overall Weakness, Government and Healthcare Jobs Surge
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Nevada’s statewide unemployment rate is at 7.6%, which is the highest statewide level reached in 23 years. As you might imagine, jobs in housing, commercial development and even hotel/casino operations have fallen steadily throughout the current financial crisis, but there are some bright spots in government jobs and [...]
Maryland Should Ban Crabbing and Support Watermen, Crab Industry Workers
I’ll readily admit that I don’t know every detail of the “negotiations” happening between Maryland government and the commercial watermen who depend on the Chesapeake Bay for their livelihood. But having lived in Maryland for over 30 years and witnessed firsthand the continued decline of the Bay and its once-abundant wildlife, you don’t have to [...]
Some Immigrants Departing with the Housing Slowdown
Latin immigrants in the United States, both legal and illegal, are leaving the country or moving around within the U.S. in increasing numbers of late, and it has nothing to do with border patrols, fence-building and immigration legislation. Asked why they’re leaving, many note that the type of available work that made the U.S. so [...]