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Large County Employment, Third Quarter 2023
Read more: Large County Employment, Third Quarter 2023Employment in large counties, including Sedgwick County and others of interest.
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Wichita Employment Situation, December 2023
Read more: Wichita Employment Situation, December 2023For the Wichita metropolitan area in December 2023, major employment indicators declined from the prior month, and the unemployment rate also fell. Wichita continues to perform poorly compared to its peers.
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Kansas Tax Revenue, January 2024
Read more: Kansas Tax Revenue, January 2024For January 2024, Kansas tax revenue was 11.3 percent lower than January 2023, and 6.5 percent lower than estimated.
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National Employment Situation, January 2024
Read more: National Employment Situation, January 2024Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 353,000 in January 2024 from December 2023. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent.
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Business Formation in States
Read more: Business Formation in StatesFor both business applications and business formations, Kansas does better than some states, but lags many states and the nation.
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New Data Show Migrants Were More Likely to Be Released by Trump Than Biden
Read more: New Data Show Migrants Were More Likely to Be Released by Trump Than BidenThis article from Cato Institute’s blog, written by David J. Bier on November 2, 2023, presents surprising data on migrant arrests and releases under the Trump and Biden administrations. It reveals that, contrary to common perception, the Trump administration released a higher percentage of migrants arrested at the border than the Biden administration. During Trump’s…
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Trump’s Tariffs
Read more: Trump’s TariffsOn the campaign trail, former president Donald J. Trump praises his import taxes on Chinese imports. But he is wrong on the data, and wrong on the economic effects.
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A Regulation Trump Promises to Cancel
Read more: A Regulation Trump Promises to CancelDonald Trump promises to eliminate — on day one — a regulation that his own presidential administration implemented.
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Kansas Employment Situation, December 2023
Read more: Kansas Employment Situation, December 2023In Kansas in December 2023, the labor force fell, the number of jobs fell, and the unemployment rate fell when compared to the previous month, all by small amounts. Over the year, Kansas is far below the middle of the states in job growth.
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State Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Read more: State Job Openings and Labor TurnoverData on monthly job turnover in the states and presented in an interactive visualization.
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Kansas Tax Revenue, December 2023
Read more: Kansas Tax Revenue, December 2023For December 2023, Kansas tax revenue was 3.8 percent lower than December 2022, and 3.4 percent lower than estimated.
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Wichita Employment Situation, November 2023
Read more: Wichita Employment Situation, November 2023For the Wichita metropolitan area in November 2023, major employment indicators declined from the prior month. Wichita continues to perform poorly compared to its peers.