OTTUMWA — The word "devastation" was thrown around quite a bit. When it comes to Ottumwa Job Corps, there were few other ways to describe the federal government's decision to shutter the job training ...

OTTUMWA — As of now, nothing has happened. However, students and staff at Ottumwa Job Corps aren't leaving anything to chance. Students and staff Friday protested President Donald Trump's proposed ...

KSHB 41 reporter Marlon Martinez covers Platte and Clay counties in Missouri. Share your story idea with Marlon. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down ...

Last Thursday (May 30), the Department of Labor announced that they were beginning a “phased pause” of operations at all Job Corps locations nationwide, stating that it would be “an orderly transition ...

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 federal government's Job Corps gives young people — between the ages of 16 and 24 — a second chance at a diploma and a trade. Esther Johnson, the first African-American woman to head the group, ...

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 ...

Shutdown of Job Corps nationwide leaves hundreds in limbo, including students and staff at Tahlequah’s Talking Leaves—run by the Cherokee Nation. TULSA, Okla. - The sudden and sweeping shutdown of Job ...

Job Corps is one of the most notable cuts in the Trump administration's budget – from $1.56 billion in funding to $0. The administration says it's financially unsustainable and a failed experiment.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Caleb Hunget, a 22-year-old from Cadillac, Michigan, finds hope in the midst of uncertainty after a federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday, ordering the Department of Labor ...

President George W. Bush's proposed Department of Labor budget for fiscal year 2008 includes over $1.5 billion for Job Corps, a job training program for disadvantaged youth.[1] Senator Edward Kennedy ...

Job Corps is the nation's largest education and career training program and offers people between the ages of 16 and 24 the opportunity to learn career skills, earn their high school diploma or GED, ...