Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; after 17 years internet based GameFront announced it will shutdown by the end of the month, no reason was given.
California: In San Louis Obispo, two years after a grand re-opening Coverings boutique shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone. Local news reports said no reason was officially given. More proof ObamaCare is a failure: “Something has to give. Either insurers will drop out or insurers will raise premiums. The industry is clearly setting the stage for bigger premium increases in 2017”-Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation commenting on the ObamaCare “correction”
Colorado: Centennial based tax-sucker United Launch Alliance (created by Lockheed Martin and Boeing) will eliminate 875 jobs due to competition from private space race efforts led by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos!
Connecticut: “We continue to have serious concerns about the sustainability of the public exchanges.”-Mark Bertolini, Aetna CEO referring to the ‘correction’ of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)
Idaho: In Boise, after 31 years backpacking store The Benchmark shutting down so the owner can return “…to the Idaho mountains.” Emil Hutton said it’s time to quit due to the rise of what he calls “point-n-click” shopping.
Indiana: In Union City, British empire Canada owned Applegate Livestock Equipment shutting down and laying off 80 people.
Michigan: Kalkaska Public Schools ending its lease on its Northside Alternative High School. It’ll save the struggling school district $3-thousand 8-hundred USD per month. The district is in trouble after a check of accounting books showed that it had been overpaid by 900-thousand tax dollars over three years. It’s suspected certain administrators within district knew of the overpayment, but never said anything. Now the state is taking $29-thousand per month away from the district, until the overpayment is corrected.
Minnesota: In Duluth, after 20 years Timber Lodge Steakhouse shutting down, about 50 jobs lost due to crashing sales.
Montana: In Great Falls, after 28 years One Stop Video finally shutting down.
New Jersey: Precision Motor Transport issued a WARN, 69 Jersey City jobs lost by the end of June.
New York: SFX Entertainment bankrupt busted and shutting down their NYC operations, 54 jobs gone by July. Lighthouse Guild issued a shutdown WARN for their The Ethel and Samuel J. Lefrak School, 32 jobs lost between July and August. The Four Seasons Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 130 jobs lost by the end of July! McKinsey & Company reports that health insurers lost money in 41 states in 2014!
In Bronx NYC, Saint Barnabas Rehabilitation & Continuing Care Center has been sold to a vulture capitalist, a shutdown WARN has been issued, 254 jobs lost in July!
North Dakota: Propane tank maker Trinity Containers shutting down their West Fargo operations, 91 jobs lost in June.
Oregon: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; California based software company Symantec resumed mass layoffs at its Springfield operations. Exact numbers were not released. Marijuana use is legal in Oregon, except for most cities along the border with Idaho. The only boarder town that went along with pot legalization is Huntington, and ganja stores there are reporting boo-koo sales, to Idahoans. 
The owner of 420ville reports that 80% of his daily customers buy marijuana, however, state law forbids him to track exactly how many customers are coming from other states. Scott Matthews says even residents of The Empire State of New York have shown up.
Tennessee: After 25 years Rogersville Recycling shutting down due to low prices for recyclables: “Scrap and precious metals are traded on various commodity-based stock exchanges. With fluctuations in the market, any profit can be wiped out in a matter of minutes. The volatility of the markets has resulted in low scrap prices and in combination with the decline of scrap metal being recycled, has taken its toll on the metals industry as a whole. In 2015, two other recycling companies in Hawkins County closed their doors.”–Linda Jones, owner in correspondence to The Rogersville Review
Texas: Houston based 21 years old Goodrich Petroleum chapter 11 bankrupt busted.
Virginia: Too Big to Jail Capital One shutting down two offices in Fredericksburg, by the end of July. Rock Bottom Brewery shutting down its Ballston Common Mall location next month. Local news reports said corporate administrators ignored inquiries as to why they’re shutting it down.
Washington: After prodding by local news, health insurance company Premera Blue Cross admitted it eliminated 165 jobs since November 2015! Employees are pissed because they say corporate administrators never told anybody there were going to be mass layoffs: “Layoffs are handled poorly, allowing rumors to spread like wildfire, creating a horribly negative atmosphere. And instead of owning it and calling it layoffs, it’s referred to as restructuring and the cuts aren’t deep enough the first time around, so everyone knows they’ll be coming again…”-unnamed employee to local news media
West Virginia: Another example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL); local news reports say Carter Machinery suddenly laid off more than 30 people, blaming the crashing coal industry.
Wisconsin: Fairmont Santrol joins other suppliers of sand for fracking ops and will layoff 55 people due to the petroleum industry’s cutbacks.
Wyoming: The state rejected a plan to give away $2.9-million USD in tax money to Grand Teton Distillery, to build a new operation in Alpine. The plan was opposed by other distillers and local farmers. Several distillers pointed out that they have not received state grants for their operations, and the Grand Teton Distillery plans to buy all its vodka potatoes from Idaho, instead of local farmers.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!
Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”