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What happened to the “good jobs”? A look at the decline of jobs that supported middle class life

The number of unemployed Americans looking for work has plummeted to pre-pandemic levels, according to the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics.   But workers are also quitting in record numbers. Job opening reached a near-record high with businesses looking to fill a record 11.1 million slots, the Labor Department said …

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Former Georgia school administrator and another woman accused of poisoning his wife with cocaine are indicted on murder charges

A former Georgia school administrator has been indicted on a murder charge after investigators accused him of poisoning his ailing wife with a cocaine overdose in 2019. CBS affiliate WMAZ-TV reports indictments issued last week charge Edward Judie Jr. of Macon with felony murder and violating state drug laws.  A previously …

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Corporate profits are booming. That may leave padding to absorb higher wages.

U.S. corporate profits have never been fatter — or accounted for a bigger portion of economic growth, recent figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Third-quarter after-tax profits made up about 11% of GDP, a measure experts typically use to gauge the nation’s economic health. It’s been …

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