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Payrolls climbed in 30 U.S. states in April, while the unemployment rate dropped in 40, showing the labor market strengthened across the country.

Up and down the Atlantic coast, US ports are abuzz. Dredging machines, tunnel excavators, and highway pavers from Miami to New York are preparing metropolitan economies and their ports for a newly expanded Panama Canal. As the thinking goes, an expanded Canal promises bigger ships, bigger cargo loads–and each metro wants a piece of the bigger business.

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal land Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry.

Go West, young man. That’s our advice for Andrew Cuomo. By West, we mean California, where he would do well to ask his fellow Democratic governor — Jerry Brown — why good liberals should support fracking. In a budget-focused press conference this week, Brown put it this way:

California leads the nation in most technology sector rankings compiled by the Washington D.C.-based TechAmerica Foundation.

Company: Aramark/Anaheim Arena ManagementCA Net Job Gain/Loss: 500Reason: ExpandCity/Region Gaining Jobs: Anaheim, CA

California has proved to be a land of opportunity where hard work delivers prosperity and nurtures innovation. Its human capital has helped the state develop into the world’s ninth-largest economy, which attracts nearly half of the venture capital in the nation.

A new private economic survey suggests California’s economic recovery may be slowing down. The monthly ADP Regional Economic Report found that California only added 2,690 nonfarm private sector jobs in April.

We humans have a history of dividing the world into “us” and “others.” As the son of immigrant parents, I saw firsthand the trepidation of those unready to transcend cultural differences with other Americans.

The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays and repair aging roads and bridges.

U.S. builders and the subcontractors they depend on are struggling to hire fast enough to meet rising demand for new homes.

Company: Aramark/Anaheim Arena ManagementCA Net Job Gain/Loss: -400Reason: LayoffCity/Region Losing Jobs: Anaheim, CA

Gov. Jerry Brown is throwing his weight behind a push to update Proposition 65, California’s safeguard against exposure to toxic chemicals.

It’s another day, with another list slapping California as a place unfriendly to businesses. According to a survey of more than 700 CEOs, California ranks dead last.

Economic uncertainty and concerns about revenue and cash flow to the worry list for California small businesses, according to a survey by California Bank & Trust of San Diego.