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September 2021 Jobs Report: Growth on the Horizon?0
- Tax & Spending
- October 22, 2021
The September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Kansas gained an estimated 1,100 private-sector jobs from the previous month. This comes as part of a recent trend of slowing job growth, with a 0.4% increase in July, a 0.3% increase last month, and now a 0.1% increase this month. Kansas still
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July 2021 Job Numbers: Some Private Growth with Room for Improvement 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 25, 2021
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July 2021 job numbers are good news for Kansas’ COVID-19 recovery and economic growth. Over the past month, the state added just under 6,000 new private jobs. If it continues at this same positive growth rate, the state is expected to return to its January 2020 amount of private-sector jobs
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Kansas lagging behind neighbors who dropped unemployment benefits 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 4, 2021
A new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability argues that continued federal unemployment benefits stifle worker and family efforts to return to a pre-COVID-19 economy. Despite this, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly refuses to withdraw from programs such as the weekly $300 unemployment bonus, thus slowing Kansas’ recovery. Since late June, the state of Kansas
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