Job growth was the number one theme covered in this year’s State of the State speeches, according to a recent Loop Capital Markets analysis. Forty-one of the 43 governors delivering 2012 addresses included proposed actions to stimulate job growth and/or...
While many states in the U.S. have been grappling with high unemployment rates, South Dakota has a somewhat unique quandary: more jobs than its current labor force can handle. Enter South Dakota Wins, a statewide workforce development initiative. The program, a...
“With just 333 bond issues in 2011, not-for-profit hospital debt issuance dropped 17% year-over-year to approximately $23.9 billion. Of this amount, only $10.3 billion were used for new money purposes, while the remaining $13.6 billion was used for refunding...
Harrisburg’s on-again, off-again bankruptcy returns to the headlines ... On Monday, state-appointed receiver David Unkovic released a proposed recovery plan, stating that “significant and difficult steps lie ahead” for the city, and that filing for...
Congrats to Bismarck, North Dakota, the metro recording the lowest unemployment rate (3.2 percent) among U.S. metro areas in December 2011, according to the latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
