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Nevada Reports Nine Straight Months Of Employment Growth

October 19, 2023 2:01 pmOctober 20, 2023 12:09 pm

Although Nevada’s unemployment rate remains at 5.4 percent, September marked the ninth straight month that the labor force gained jobs, Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) said in a news release. The labor force in the state grew by about 8,000 and is the first time in Silver...

Nevada Unemployment Remains Highest in US

August 18, 2023 1:53 pmAugust 18, 2023 1:54 pm

According to the latest report (see below) published by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), the Nevada unemployment rate remains the highest in the U.S. at 5.3 percent, dipping slightly from 5.4 percent in June. The labor force in the state grew by 3,400–marking the eighth consecutive month...

Nevadans Still Waiting Months For Unemployment Benefits

August 22, 2022 11:11 amAugust 23, 2022 12:55 pm

In a scathing op-ed, the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ) blasts Governor Steve Sisolak’s and his fellow Democratic legislators for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s failure to timely distribute unemployment benefits. The RJ reports: If they operated in the private sector, those running Nevada’s unemployment system would have...

Report: Nevada Ranks As Best Economy in Country

April 5, 2022 4:50 pmApril 12, 2022 7:09 pm

According to a report in Vegas Business Digest and tweeted by Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada ranks as the best economy in the country based on three key measures of personal income growth, employment growth and population growth. In the first quarter of 2022, the State Policy Reports, published by Federal...

Nevada Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.2% in January

March 4, 2022 3:01 pmMarch 7, 2022 1:02 pm

In a report issued by the Department of Education, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), the suffering Nevada economy is rebounding from the second highest unemployment rate in the country as job gains are recorded across all industries. The state unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in January, equal to the state’s...

Governor Sisolak’s NV Job Connect Offers Nevadans Jobs…In Alaska

February 15, 2022 1:40 pmFebruary 16, 2022 1:01 pm

Under Governor Steve Sisolak, Nevada has the second-highest unemployment—better than only California. According to Applied Analysis, 43,000 jobs remain open in Nevada and there are more than 3,200 jobs open in casinos and resorts. An executive in the hospitality industry told The Globe, “We can’t open at full capacity because...

Gov. Sisolak Appoints Latonia Coleman to ‘Help Rebuild DETR’

January 12, 2022 8:00 amJanuary 13, 2022 2:50 pm

With unemployment in Nevada the second highest in the country—at 6.8%, trailing only California—and the unemployment system, Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) in shambles, Gov. Sisolak has appointed consultant Latonia Coleman as DETR’s Deputy Director of Programs. Coleman is a former Sisolak appointee who served as a judge...