Unemployment rates in the West, at a glance
Unemployment rates in the West, at a glance
Seasonal layoffs caused unemployment rates to rise in nearly all of the 372 largest U.S. cities in January. Retailers let go of temporary workers hired for the holidays, and construction firms cut workers due to harsh winter weather. National employment data is seasonally adjusted to filter out such variations, but the metro data isn’t. Below are unemployment rates for cities in the West: Metro …
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SXSW: Lord Huron, Jenny O. and more from Day 2
In a college town like Austin, St. Patrick’s Day is already practically a national holiday — add in SXSW, and you’ve got a recipe for green beer disaster. Or at least 6th Street crowds comparable to the great college town holidays: Halloween in Santa Barbara, Mardi Gras in San Louis Obispo, the list goes on. So Thursday night’s streets were as full of revelers in search of their next drinks as …
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Martin: Return St. Patrick’s Day to roots
There’s nothing like causing a huge stir on Facebook and Twitter with 140 characters, but that certainly was the case Thursday when I took to social media to show my disdain for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
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