The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept.

The U.S. lost 54,000 jobs in August, the effect of jobs lost at the end of the U.S. Census period, according to a Friday report from the Department of Labor.

The Idaho unemployment rate has increased for the first time since February. The state Department of Labor says Idaho's unemployment rate edged up to 8.9 percent during the month of August, a slight increase from 8.8 percent in July.

After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits brought by two former insiders.

At 8:30 a.m., the Department of Labor tells us just how many jobs we as a nation lost in August.

Here's the relatively good news just posted by the U.S. Department of Labor: Nonfarm payroll employment changed little -- down just 54,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 9.6 percent.