On hearing the news that the federal Job Corps program in Clearfield will be one of nearly 100 around the country shutting its doors, Adrian Asencio’s reaction was intense and immediate. “I was crying ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor announced on Thursday it would suspend operations of the Job Corps training program, prompting bipartisan criticism. “The Department should have ...

Budgets reflect the priorities of the people who make them. The same is true whether you are talking about a household, a small business, or the federal government. Right now, the Republicans who ...

The Trump administration is planning to close 120 Job Corps training sites across the country in a matter of weeks, taking away job training and on-site housing for many of its 25,000 students, ...

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the Job Corps as a cornerstone of his Great Society initiative, aiming to combat poverty by providing vocational training to disadvantaged youth. Modeled ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a residential program for low-income youth, until a ...

The Hawaii Job Corps campus at 41-467 Hihimanu St. in Waimanalo, shown Thursday, will close its doors along with the Job Corps program in Makawao, Maui. Job Corps has been around for 61 years, ...

The Atterbury Job Corps resumed classes Friday after a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s pause on contractor-operated Job Corps around the country. Daily Journal file photo Students ...

STREET IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE. U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THEY’RE WORKING WITH THE STATE TO HELP STUDENTS FINISH TRAINING AND CONNECT THEM TO JOBS, BUT THOSE WHO OPERATE THE PROGRAM SAY ...

New Hampshire’s Job Corps training program, serving more than 200 teenagers and young adults ages 16 to 24, will close June 30 after federal labor officials put a pause last week on the nationwide ...

Eighteen months ago, at around 7 p.m. practically every night, Chloe Lawson would start a four-mile walk to Subway, where she’d work the overnight shift, earning a buck above the $7.25 federal minimum ...