At a time when the unemployment rate has reached one of the highest rates in the State of Missouri, someone in Jefferson City decided to close a branch office of the Missouri Division of Employment Security in St. Louis and in the process, eliminate over…

It’s deja vu all over again

Housing prices are in a never-ending downward spiral.

Foreclosures have surpassed the record set seventeen years ago.

Gas prices are out of control and fluctuating like a washing machine.

Ditto for Wall Street.

Inflation is out of hand with no…

The Post-Dispatch’s negative and oddly accusatory take on the state of the U.S. economy neglected to mention a few things that paint a different picture — one that folks outside editorial boardrooms and political strategy sessions see clearly:1. Unemployment, at…

If you feel bad about the bumps up in gas prices, maybe you ought to feel bad for the guy that owns the station and his unemployable work-force. Minimum wage goes up on the 24th: 5.85 (2007), 6.55 (2008), and…

The House Republicans just defeated a Democratic bill that would extend unemployment benefits for those who have lost their livelihoods in the current down economy, a downturn that can be directly laid at the feet of the Republican President who,…