Topic: Boise
Unemployment keeps rising in Mountain West states even as it stabilizes nationwideA delayed decline in home prices and drops in manufacturing and tourism have caused unemployment in western mountain states to rise faster in the past year than in any other region.The ...
I have to admit, I was taken aback by this story; my assumption was that unlike federal government, state and local governments, under the weight of massive budget deficits in much of the country, were cutting jobs. So let me apologize for ...
Recession wrenches lives out of shape, uprooting famlies and leaving children stressedLike the Great Depression, this economic downturn is wrenching lives out of shape.But unlike 90 years ago, hunger isn't the main problem, and neither is the kind of homelessness that sent ...