Jobs & Unemployment
25 states added jobs in June, the biggest monthly increase since Aug. 2020
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Concealed and open carry gun laws differ between states.
World Happiness Day is March 20. After more than a year of grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic impact, there’s still plenty to be happy about. In honor of World Happiness Day, here’s some good news and uplifting data after a tough 2020.
As of March 11, federal health officials say there is no evidence linking deaths reported after vaccinations and the vaccinations themselves.
Voting, wealth in the US, and facts about COVID-19 were among the most in-demand topics this year.
The agency hasn’t been profitable since 2006 and owes up to $119 billion in retirement benefits.
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Since its creation, EEOC has come to enforce laws related to multiple other types of discrimination, including age, disabilities, and genetic information. None of its underlying statutes address sexual orientation explicitly, but after 2013, the agency has considered LGBTQ-based sex discrimination as a part of a broader sex discrimination category.
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From new building permits to ownership rates to homeless counts, USAFacts looked at data that show the changes in how and where Americans live.
Four of the five most costly natural disasters in our nation’s history have occurred during the past ten years. How has the government’s response to natural disasters changed? What is the impact of different types of disasters?
Fines, penalties and forfeitures make up a small part of federal revenue. But the amount has been ticking upward in recent years.
Antitrust investigations by the Department of Justice have declined, from a high of 593 investigations in 1971 to 100 in 2017. Since the earliest year of data available, there have been two periods of significant antitrust activities - the early 1970s and late 1990s.
