With nearly 1,500 vacancies, the Department of Social Services is requiring mandatory overtime and risking burnout while struggling to process SNAP and cash-assistance cases.
Manufacturing payrolls shrank in August for the fourth straight month.
Federal funding and streamlined community college curriculum could make it easier to get on track for steady, well-paid employment.
Even during a time of inflation, there are ways to relieve financial pressures on families.
A yearlong trial across 14 agencies saved an average of 95 minutes per day and improved workflows. Now state officials are broadening access to AI tools as local governments prepare to follow suit.
State policymakers must ask: Is our system creating real value for students? A growing number of states are pointing the way.
Local government jobs weren’t a focus for career technical education at a Central Texas school district until a new human resources director came to Cedar Park.
Cities that depend heavily on federal research dollars will necessarily take a hit. But a look at two different cities suggests two possible futures.
Funding cuts eliminate nearly half the grants, forcing nonprofits to downsize and cancel internships, leaving thousands adrift.
By combining skills training, mental health support, and guaranteed job placement, the R.I.S.E. program offers a rare promise of post-release stability in Oklahoma.
The fallout from a strike by prison guards continues to paralyze prisons, forcing officials to suspend programs and rely on emergency deployments.
Most people are able to apply online but only about a third of those who call reach a live person. The number of call center employees has dropped by nearly 40 percent over the past two years.
While one stated purpose of worksite immigration raids is to remove illegal competition from the labor marketplace, the reality is far messier.
The state is trying to make apprenticeships a common offering in high school, but there are challenges, including a shortage of interested businesses.
The initiative was created four years ago to combat Colorado’s teacher shortage. More than 2,000 people have received grants from the program since its creation.
Employers aren’t happy with the skills today’s college graduates bring to the workplace. A few states are addressing the problem with effective work-based learning programs.
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