A federally funded education and job training program for at-risk young people is on the chopping block. The U.S. Department of Labor is moving to shut down dozens of Job Corps programs, including ...

A federal judge has extended an order that temporarily blocks the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down about 100 Job Corps training centers for low-income youth, including two Iowa centers. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Clearfield Job Corps site on May 30, a day after federal officials said it and 98 other Job Corps programs would be halted. A ...

ATLANTA — A group of six former Job Corps students, including one from Georgia, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming it lacks the legal authority to shut down the program.

(U.S. Senate)—Teaming up to protect the country’s Job Corps programs from closure, U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mark Warner ...

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and a federal judge are questioning the Trump administration’s plan to shut down Job Corps centers nationwide and halt a residential career training program for ...

CHICOPEE – In the hours after winning a court fight, staff of the Westover Job Corps set to work Thursday to rebound from a bruising month. On May 29, the Trump administration’s Department of Labor ...

There is a crucial question that needs to be answered as debate continues over the fate of the federal Job Corps program – do we support the Job Corps or its mission? It’s an important distinction to ...

A federal judge will allow Job Corps Centers across the country to remain open while a lawsuit trying to stop their closure plays out in court. That’s good news for Northlands Jobs Corps Center in ...

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, ...