Lack of Workers, Not Work, Weighs on Utah’s Economy

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM May 21, 2017 SALT LAKE CITY — Stephanie Pappas and her brothers built their roofing supply company in this fast-growing region by promising next-day delivery, but lately they’ve been forced to tell some customers that...

Wind Project in Wyoming Envisions Coal Miners as Trainees

A Chinese turbine maker with a practice of seeking local workers sees benefit in focusing attention on a core group of Trump supporters in need of jobs.

Mother’s Pay: The Gender Pay Gap Is Largely Because of Motherhood

Mother’s Pay By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER May 13, 2017 When men and women finish school and start working, they’re paid pretty much equally. But a gender pay gap soon appears, and it grows significantly over the next two decades. So what changes?...

Economic Trends: We’re Getting Awfully Close to Full Employment

Economic Trends By NEIL IRWIN May 5, 2017 There is one prism through which we should analyze the April jobs numbers released Friday and each of the remaining reports in 2017: How close to full employment are we, really? That is the apparently simple yet...