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Unemployment Rate

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    December 5, 2011

    Office of Economic Development Offers a Look at Where Dallas Lives, Works and Spends

    Click to enlarge this look-see from this afternoon's council briefing​A couple of months back the council's Economic Development Committee got a look at Dallas's workforce and jobs courtesy the Office of Economic Development, which asked: Does the city have the "wrong workforce or the wrong jobs?" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Council Committee to Receive Briefing This Morning on Dallas's "Flat Employment" Rate

    ​In a few minutes, the council's Economic Development Committee will take up the subject of Dallas' Workforce and Jobs, which comes with this 29-page PowerPoint worth a look-see even if you're not planning on following along, which we are. Long story short: "In an ongoing weak national economy," s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Job Hunting, One Dallas Intersection at a Time

    Kimberly Thorpe​Kwaku Twumasi had been out of work for seven months when he decided to try a new approach to job hunting -- right, the very one you see above. The 34-year-old SMU Cox School of Business graduate had exhausted the more traditional routes of job scouting, like mailing resumes and net ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Says Rick Perry: I'm "Resisting Further Government Intrusion" and Saying No to $500 Mil in Unemployment Insurance

    Just arrived in Austin, only to find in my in-box, oh, 'bout a dozen Friends' links to either Governor Rick Perry's speech down in Houston or the Burnt Orange Report's compendium of reactions to said speech. As you may know by now, the governor is saying no to more than $500 million in unemployment ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Before the Election, Feeling a Little Hanxious

    Just arrived in Austin, only to find in my in-box, oh, 'bout a dozen Friends' links to either Governor Rick Perry's speech down in Houston or the Burnt Orange Report's compendium of reactions to said speech. As you may know by now, the governor is saying no to more than $500 million in unemployment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    Why You Live in the DFW

    Just arrived in Austin, only to find in my in-box, oh, 'bout a dozen Friends' links to either Governor Rick Perry's speech down in Houston or the Burnt Orange Report's compendium of reactions to said speech. As you may know by now, the governor is saying no to more than $500 million in unemployment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2006

    Katrina: Bad for People, Good for Business

    Just arrived in Austin, only to find in my in-box, oh, 'bout a dozen Friends' links to either Governor Rick Perry's speech down in Houston or the Burnt Orange Report's compendium of reactions to said speech. As you may know by now, the governor is saying no to more than $500 million in unemployment ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Help wanted

    A shortage of workers spells happy times for job-seekers and college graduates

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