Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2012.  Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 342 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 25 areas, and unchanged in 5 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ten areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 32[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2012.  Consumer confidence improved in each of the past nine monthly surveys, rising to its highest level this month since October 2007, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The Surveys, conducted by the U-M[Read More…]

Asbury Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2012.  Nearly six out of ten American voters believe that the personal use of marijuana should no longer be a criminal offense, and 56 percent of Americans say that the substance ought to be legalized like alcohol, according to a nationwide Rasmussen telephone poll of 1,000[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012.  The U.S. Census Bureau released today results from its post-enumeration survey, providing a measure of the accuracy of the 2010 Census. The results found that the 2010 Census had a net overcount of 0.01 percent, meaning about 36,000 people were overcounted in the census. This sample-based[Read More…]

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR and Harvard School of Public Health poll measures Americans’ views on costs and quality of medical care Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  Many Americans who have experienced a serious illness or injury within the past 12 months are concerned about the financial costs of medical care, and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2012.  The Group of Eight summit, hosted by the United States, will begin today at Camp David, and the Center for American Progress released “Preparing for the Next Oil Price Shock,” which examines why a price spike could happen and how selling reserve oil could help bring[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2012.  Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in April. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, five states posted rate increases, and eight states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and the District of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2012.  Today, the Center for American Progress unveiled a new paper examining how the strength of the middle class and inequality affect our nation’s economic growth and stability. Despite conventional wisdom that the wealthiest are the ones to drive the economy, this analysis provides evidence that a[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2012.  In a just-released poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, three quarters of American voters (74%) want the Obama administration to respect individual state medical marijuana laws. The nationwide poll of 1000 registered likely voters was conducted May 7 to 11, 2012, and commissioned by the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012.  Today the Center for American Progress released a new report recommending that when it comes to evaluating teachers through observation, America’s public K-12 schools have much to learn from the experiences accrued by their counterparts in the early childhood sector. While there are too few models[Read More…]