by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The unemployment rate for government workers rose for the first time since January, standing at 3.8 percent in May, up from 3.3 percent in April. But at the same time, the total number of government workers in the United States increased by 92,000. There were...
by Jane Richey | Mar 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Despite receiving more than $885 million in federal economic stimulus funds since 2009, the D.C. government — whose residents face one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation — cannot say how many jobs it actually created for those who live in the District....