Growing up, I expected to live the fast-paced life of a performer. I'm a Jersey girl with a New York City spirit. My dreams were set on being a principal actor on Broadway.
The MoveDetroit coalition launched 'Make Detroit Home,' offering up to $15,000 to entrepreneurs, creatives and small business owners willing to relocate. Over 300 participants will split more than $500,000 in benefits covering home down payments, renovations, rent, or business expenses.
Under the law, noncompete agreements will be unenforceable for Washington-based workers and businesses starting on the effective date. Employers will be barred from entering into new agreements and must notify current and former workers in writing by Oct. 1, 2027, that existing noncompete clauses are void.
Economists expect the US added 55,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at at a fairly low 4.3%. Last month's report showed a surprisingly strong job gain in January, but revisions to last year's data meant 2025 as a whole saw the weakest growth outside a recession in over 20 years.
During the 12 months ended in February, they ran 1% below the previous 12-month period. That's the 22nd-best performance among the states and tops the nation's 0.3% dip. Claims fell in 24 states, topped by Wisconsin's 16% dip, Indiana's 14%, and Massachusetts and Arizona, off 13%.
You got the selfish, non team player caring only about their own quota who will steal your work to make themselves better. Don't confuse this with being an overachiever. You got the self centered person who's time and work is more important than yours. That person also has been at the company for 600 years so they know it all and thinks they're very smart saying the same jokes over and over.
A letter writer takes issue with the GOP Chairman of Santa Cruz's lament that Gavin Newsom and California Democrats have sabotaged state legislation that would have eliminated taxes on tips for low-wage heroes like servers and bartenders. Her complaint is that Republicans blocked legislative efforts to raise California's minimum wage, implying that if Republicans really cared about workers, they would support a higher minimum wage.
On Wednesday, the government reported that U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to a still-low 4.3% from 4.4%. However, government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. That reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, a third of the previously reported 584,000 and the weakest since the pandemic year of 2020.
The workforce continues to change as more employees work from home or switch jobs to move beyond living paycheck to paycheck. However, some employees may also have changed jobs out of necessity as companies lay off workers in an attempt to trim costs. Millions have faced layoffs in the past year, and 2026 is off to a similar start, with tech companies starting to lay off significant portions of their workforce.
What are the highest-paying state jobs in California? Chief medical officer | Limited, full time The chief medical officer is responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the medical program at the Veterans Home of California in west Los Angeles. Duties include making sure resident veterans receive the highest standard of medical care, following state laws and meeting specific needs of residents.