Economy
April 22, 2008 -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released unemployment figures for March 2008. Since March 2007, unemployment has increased by more than 11% around the South, from an overall average of 4.5% to 5.0%.
April 20, 2008 -
Amidst the Tax Day groans across the South and country this week, there was one piece of good news for low-income taxpayers: this year, four states -- including Louisiana and North Carolina -- started giving an Earned Income Tax Credit. As Stateline.org reports:
April 15, 2008 -
For each dollar of U.S. federal income tax paid in 2007, amount spent on the military: 43 cents On health care: 20 cents On responses to poverty: 12 cents On education and jobs: 3 cents On diplomacy and foreign aid: 1 cent A major corporation's chance of being audited in 1990: 3 in 4
April 8, 2008 -
In an example of the kind of pace-setting research that has made them the most useful resource on the subprime lending crisis, the Center for Responsible Lending released an important report today (pdf) on the role brokers play in loans to borrowers with lowe
March 19, 2008 -
The Center for Responsible Lending reports on a major development in Arkansas:
March 17, 2008 -
The business news is awash with panic today, what with financial stalwart Bear Stearns avoiding bankruptcy only by being gobbled up by J.P Morgan.
March 7, 2008 -
Si, Se Puede" may be becoming an over-used Presidential campaign slogan, but the message of "Yes, We Can" still has meaning for members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida.