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Chicago's Black-Owned Firms See Slice of City Work ShrinkBlack-owned firms have seen their share of city contracts fall slightly this year, Chicago officials said Monday. ...continue |
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Obama Signs Law Extending Hate Crimes to Sexual Orientation, GenderPresident Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday that extends existing hate crimes laws to attacks motivated by gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. ...continue |
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33 States Report on Stimulus Job CreationThe $787 billion stimulus package passed in January is credited with saving or creating 388,000 jobs in 33 states, reports from individual states show. ...continue |
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Villaraigosa Stumps for More CopsAppealing to the neighborhood activists who agreed to pay for a police buildup, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Saturday threw down a challenge to the City Council's plans to slow police hiring. ...continue |
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World Leaders Commit to Rein in Financial BonusesThe leaders of 20 of the world's biggest economies committed to a laundry list of executive pay reforms for financial firms, including limiting bonuses to a portion of total net revenues and linking them tightly to share prices. But don't count on sweeping mandates from regulators just yet. ...continue |
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High Hopes for High-speed RailOn Friday, 40 states will file detailed high-speed rail project applications with the Federal Railroad Administration. In December, President Barack Obama will announce which will get money from the $787 billion federal stimulus plan to generate jobs. If Florida gets the $2.5 billion it seeks, it will represent a stunning reversal of political fortunes. ...continue |
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House Votes to Extend Jobless Benefits An Additional 13 WeeksThe House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to approve a $1.4 billion stop-gap extension of jobless benefits, but some states are beginning to seek longer-term solutions to an unemployment problem that is expected to remain serious for the rest of the year and may grow worse next year. ...continue |
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Feds Unveil 'App Store' for U.S. Agencies to Shop OnlineThe Obama administration is embracing cloud computing as a way to save money and speed the adoption of new information technology, according to Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, who announced several new tech initiatives at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View today. ...continue |
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Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Environmental Job Training ProgramBilling it as the largest state-sponsored green jobs training program in the nation, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday announced a $75 million program to train 20,000 workers for environmental jobs. ...continue |
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Justice Department to Bolster Civil Rights DivisionThe U.S. Justice Department will re-emphasize civil rights enforcement measures that were largely downplayed during the Bush administration, officials said. ...continue |
