By KEITH RAFFEL In 1992, Bill Clinton chose the Fleetwood Mac tune “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” as his campaign theme song. So much seems quaint from those Clinton presidential years — a shrinking national debt, gun control legislation, expanded health coverage for children ...
On July 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will relocate thousands of federal employees and close a regional U.S. Forest Service office in Milwaukee. The changes are expected to reduce the USDA’s footprint ...
By TIM GRAHAM There’s something funny in scandal politics when people accuse each other of pushing a “distraction.” So if Donald Trump tries to change the subject to Russia collusion-hoaxing, it’s a “distraction” from the media’s energetic Jeffrey Epstein obsession. All this ...
By JAMIE STIEHM Donald Trump’s conquering of the country is complete. The blows he’s inflicted on American democracy will take a lifetime to heal. The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, a woman, for a poor jobs and growth report. That is a death knell — or a deep ...
If you’re interested in helping young people connect with Michigan’s rich natural resources and traditions, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources needs mentors to assist in staffing the DNR’s Pocket Park during the fair, which runs from Aug. 11-17. The Pocket Park is located ...
By ROBERT REICH I spent much of the 1990s as Secretary of Labor. One unit of the Labor Department is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I was instructed by my predecessors as well as by the White House, and by every labor economist and statistician I came in contact with, that one of my ...