All the jobless people in Eureka County last summer — all 30 of them, to be precise — scarcely would have filled more than a couple of rows of seats in the historic Eureka Opera House near the heart of Nevada’s great mining district. Tiny pools of available workers are commonplace across rural Nevada these days, and the tight labor markets create headaches for the mining … [Read more...] about Shovel Ready
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New Taxes Aren’t Just a Bad Idea, They’re an Insult to Struggling Nevadans
Even before the federal government decided to throw roughly $4.5 billion federal dollars Nevada’s way as part of a COVID relief package, state government had been spared most of the pain from the last year of arbitrary and devastating coronavirus restrictions. While Nevada workers suffer from some of the worst unemployment rates in the nation (Las Vegas has stubbornly rated … [Read more...] about New Taxes Aren’t Just a Bad Idea, They’re an Insult to Struggling Nevadans
Business IndicatorsFebruary 2021
The “third” estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2020 increased 33.4 percent at an annual rate, revised up by 0.3 percent from the previous estimate. The upward revision mainly reflected larger-than-expected consumer spending and business investment. Overall, a best-ever gain in real GDP exhibited strong recovery in both consumer spending … [Read more...] about Business Indicators
Staffing Firms
Nevada’s Staffing Firms have had front row seats to one of the most troubling aspects of this economy: unemployment. Despite that, they have found more and more employers are hiring and a demand for skilled workforce has remained strong. Recently, executives representing this industry met at Holland & Hart’s Las Vegas office to discuss staffing in Nevada and what is … [Read more...] about Staffing Firms