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Little Puts Idaho Back to Work KEVIN MILLER/KIDO TALK RADIO It's as if the governor was listening to our morning show for the last few days. Remember, we started advocated for Idaho ditching the federal unemployment benefits last week, and today the governor followed our requests.  You can read our post from earlier today here. Governor Little announced today Idaho would end its participation in three federal pandemic unemployment compensation programs to help employers get workers back on the job from a release from Governor Little's office.  Governor Little's Statement “Employers are te...

According to New Statesman analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, traditional US tourism destinations such as Kahului, Hawaii, New York City, New York and Boston, Massachusetts, saw average monthly employment reductions of 50 per cent to 65 per cent in the leisure and hospitality industry from June to October compared to the same period in 2019. But not every area is experiencing such dismal downturns in employment associated with tourism and entertainment. In fact, some metro areas have seen upticks. Out of the 356 US metro areas with leisure and hospitality data available, 18 s...