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Jobseekers might consider moving to fly-over states instead of perhaps making dismissive comments about them while on transcontinental flights. With a few exceptions, the lowest unemployment rates are in the heartland. Those looking for jobs there should also get ready for living in the country because the bulk of such jobs are in rural and exurban areas. This certainly is the opposite of the commonly accepted knowledge that big coastal cities are the primary drivers of employment and job growt

Tax Day! The Internal Revenue Service filing deadline for individual income tax returns is Tuesday, April 17th. Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has caused a bit of a stir by filing for a six-month extension on his taxes. He's not the only one, IRS estimates 10.5 million people file extensions each year. Here's how. Since 1955, Tax Day has traditionally been on April 15th, except for when April 15th falls on a weekend or holiday. Washington D.C. celebrates Emancipation Day on April 16th

Most Americans knew Mike Wallace for his work on CBS’ 60 Minutes, and because of him and his remarkably talented colleagues that hour on Sunday nights became the most important hour in network television history. Mike Wallace’s passing Sunday at 93 reminds those of us of a certain generation the great television/radio journalists of our time – David Brinkley, Chet Huntley, Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid, Howard K. Smith, Edward R. Murrow, Edward P. Morgan, Frank Reynolds, Harry Reasoner, and no

Former Gov. Mitt Romney won handily in Wisconsin, Maryland and DC primaries on Tuesday. There are a couple conclusions born out of results in Wisconsin, in particular. As the primary race drags on, challenges for each of the presidential hopefuls remain. The next test will come in Pennsylvania, seen as a must-win for home son Sen. Santorum if he intends on surviving as a viable GOP competitor. For the remaining candidates, Republican nomination rules work in their favor to hang on for the nation

Today, Republicans in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington D.C. will go to the polls to vote for one of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates. In what will likely turn into a showdown between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, Wisconsin is at the center of today's political discourse, with 42 delegates up for grabs in the winner-takes-all primary. The Wall Street Journal and CNN have both been tracking the primaries and estimate that Romney has somewhere between 568 and 571 delegates

Good Friday? On Friday, the Obama administration's March employment figures will be released. Last month's report was largely positive. February saw the economy add 227,000 jobs. The "solid" showing continued gains from January (284,000) and December (223,000). Predictions for the employment report are quite varied. MarketWatch sees job growth slowing in March. Bloomberg expects a fourth consecutive month of over 200,000 added workers. In addition to Friday's jobs report, car sales are schedu

Let's not be fooled that the 2010 midterm election was a preview of the rise of the Republican Party. As we've all witnessed the Republican primary season taking numerous twists and turns, they still have a few problems. These include but are not limited to, the decline of the Tea Party, the current leadership within the Republican National Committee, and conflicting groups of Republicans, in terms of ideology. Since the Tea Party came into the political scene many people has said that they wou

PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO – As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments this week concerning the constitutionality of “ObamaCare,” Assembly Health Committee Vice-Chair Dan Logue (R-Marysville) today introduced legislation that would urge the federal government to repeal ObamaCare and instead create a fiscally-sustainable and consumer-directed system. “Americans are anxiously waiting to see if the Supreme Court will strike down President Obama’s job-killing healthcare law enacted two years ago,” s

Congressional House leaders have unveiled their budget proposal for FY2013. Though it revealed few surprises, when House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced the plan on Tuesday he drew ire not only from Democrats but from some farmers weary about the effects that partisan gridlock over food stamp and Medicare programs will have on a long-anticipated Farm Bill. Ryan's calls for major changes to federal safety net programs in the budget proposal are essentially a repeat of the House

“Voters in all jurisdictions -the nation, states, counties, localities, school boards, water districts, etc.- shall all have the right to propose and vote on legislation, including amendments to constitutions, charters, etc., in parallel with representatives. Improvements over existing initiative processes should be included, such as the ones incorporated in the National Initiative for Democracy and now in use in Oregon. - - - - - - - While tax reform might end earmarks and loopholes, the fact