Allison Forbes

This report is crucial for tracking credentials across various education and training systems in Alabama. This is @credengine's first state-level report following a national credential count that found more than 1M credentials in the U.S. ow.ly/cMzl50Neguj

DC leaders can realize data as a strategic asset and build data capabilities CREC staff, Allison Forbes, testifies in support of education and employment data systems in DC. Read the full testimony. ow.ly/KsVX50NBxRQ

Big business tax breaks may worsen income inequality. CURS Faculty Fellow & @DCRPcarolina Associate Professor T. William Lester talks to @GOVERNING about tax increment financing and tax incentives.

27 of US's biggest businesses have already spent about $100 billion buying back stocks from shareholders in 2018, showing new Republican tax law is primarily benefiting wealthy washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

Her ticket to a life she loves: An #IBEW apprenticeship ow.ly/gqrJ30iiRIV

California’s #paidleave policies for men and women relieves some of the financial pressures on working families across the state. bit.ly/2DR3ddT

Hooray! The #Olympics are back! We give this duck a gold medal for best ice landing. twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURES…

@TBillTheProf Interesting call for employers to go beyond short term wage hikes: one large retailer allows workers to generate wealth when the company succeeds and save for retirement

Highlights the idea that there are a variety of employment practices available in the labor market.… s.hbr.org/2DkyHcn

No real democracy could survive it, because there can be no equal dignity and opportunity while the richest nation in history crushes the life prospects of so many of its kids. -Gene Nichol, following UN report on US poverty and inequality apple.news/A9h8P0Ev9ROeVI…

NC congressional districts struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders - News & Observer. Gerrymandering has got to go! apple.news/A3giM8dGORqOuY…

NC loses out on Toyota plant in spite of impressive auto supply network. unclear these types of industrial recruitment deals deliver strong ROI but sad to see Toyota miss out on NC location! Their loss. apple.news/Avfqh3kPxTYaxp…

6.8 percent unemployment may be a historic low for black Americans (an achievement years in the making), but it's very high by most any measure & not a level that would considered acceptable, let alone laudable, for almost any other group: theatlantic.com/business/archi…

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees nyti.ms/2jFudrd

WH claims dreamers take jobs away from Black & Latinx workers. Here’s the truth. (This isn't happening) #DefendDACA wapo.st/2gOYKOE

Remember that time LGBTQ people got together and plunged America into bloody civil war so they could own straight people as property? twitter.com/rawstory/statu…

I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism; I resign, effective immediately.

I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it's the right thing for me to do.

Confederate monuments: intimidation, not commemoration. twitter.com/kevinmkruse/st…