Rural Population; Short-Time Compensation; Balancing the Budget

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New Criteria Lead to Rise in Rural Share of Population
The Census Bureau announced that the rural population increased as a share of the national population between 2010 and 2020.

Feds Urge State Adoption of Short-Time Compensation
The program aims to prevent layoffs by reducing workers’ hours and using partial unemployment insurance benefits to supplement lost wages.

You Can’t Get There from Here
Some members of Congress want to balance the federal budget over the next 10 years. Can it be done? Experts weigh in.

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