Alaska: In Bethel, the non-profit Association of Village Council Presidents must eliminate 30 jobs blaming crashing revenues. Remaining employees will see pay cuts ranging from 5% to 10%. However, local news reports point out the jobs cuts come after the federal government paid the non-profit $9-million USD to settle a contract dispute!
Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart announced it will adopt the Sears Holdings plan of action and shutdown 30 stores in the South American country of Brazil! Many of those stores would then be rented out to other retailers. In North Little Rock, after only 11 months Sassy Cake Lady bakery shutdown without warning. The owner said the rent is too high and she will return to operating a bakery out of her house.
California: In the midst of economic disaster state ‘lawmakers’ just gave Senate employees a pay raise! Aren’t you happy taxpayers overjoyed? San Ramon based oil giant Chevron revealed it laid off 1-thousand 2-hundred people in Australia! It’s part of Chevron’s plan to eliminate 7-thousand jobs around the world! In San Francisco, 1960s iconic patty melt maker Lucky Penny Coffee Shop shutting down on Xmas Eve, because of a greedy property developer. In Huntington Beach, after 70 years Unicorn Sports Center shutting down after Xmas. 
Connecticut: After 65 years DeCarlo’s Thrifty Cleaners and Formal Wear shutdown, the owner blames skyrocketing unemployment and taxes: “We used to have two pick-up and delivery trucks on the road in the 1960s. We were the only cleaner on this side of Naugatuck. There was another cleaner on the other side of town. We basically were very busy during the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. Uniroyal started eliminating the jobs in town, so business started slowing down…….The taxes in Naugatuck are way too high and unfortunately you can’t make a living profit anymore. So I just decided to actually retire.”-Rocco DeCarlo junior
Florida: Trash collectors Frederick J. Hanna & Associates issued a WARN saying 13 people in Plantation will become jobless in February 2016.
Georgia: In Atlanta, Manuel’s Tavern shutting down after being sold-off to a property developer.
Illinois: In Kankakee, Space Center Distribution Chicago warehouse is shutting down, 46 jobs lost by March 2016. It’s blamed on the loss of a contract with Big Heart Pet Brands.
Iowa: In Shell Rock, farm equipment maker Unverferth Manufacturing conducting another round of layoffs, this time an undisclosed number of employees will become unemployed in January 2016. Last month Unverferth laid off about 48 people, blaming crashing sales. At a campaign rally in Keota High School, Hillary Clinton stated she would shutdown at least half of the schools in the U.S.: “…I wouldn’t keep any school open that wasn’t doing a better than average job.”
Louisiana: More proof the internet is not recession resistant; newly created New Orleans based “pop-up” elitist events dining sensation Dinner Lab already eliminating jobs. 30 employees let go as company administrators shift to contract workers.
Massachusetts: Without warning trucking company Crystal Motor Express laid off 75 employees, saying “Since December 1, 2015, Crystal Motor’s business has dropped precipitously…”
Michigan: In Detroit, after 35 years The Lark restaurant shutting down on Xmas Eve. In Calumet, after 27 years Rowe Furniture shutting down when the inventory is gone, the owners said “The economic conditions haven’t been the best. We’re getting to where we want to retire.”
Minnesota: In Moorhead, after 16 years the Tesoro fuel station on 8th Street shutting down on Xmas Eve. The family owners blame an upcoming road construction project. What auto industry recovery? In Perham, after 90 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) the Matz and Greiff autoshop/car dealer shutdown. The current owner essentially blamed it on the computerization of cars. Up until 2004 Matz and Greiff was a Chrysler new car dealer.
New York: Only ten months after its creation outrageously priced drugs maker Turing Pharmaceuticals now eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs, after their A-hole CEO and founder was arrested for ripping off investors. The founder of Turing Pharmaceuticals is the guy who jacked up the price of a cancer drug from $13.50 per pill to $750.00 per pill! In Bronx, after 55 years Zaro’s Bakery shutting down after Xmas, the owner blames the greedy property manager: “After almost 60 years, this is the notice we get? No chance to bid on the space, no chance to try to keep business?”-Michael Zaro
Ohio: EnerSys Delaware shutting down their Cleveland battery factory, by May 2016, 95 jobs lost. In North Olmsted, the Butternut Primary School shutting down after this school year. Administrators are playing a property shell game promising to eventually build a new school. In Findlay, the Brazier Dairy Queen on Lima Avenue shutdown.
Tennessee: In Chattanooga, after 40 years The Book Rack shutting down. The current owner now understands why the previous owner sold her the store for only one dollar, back in 2013! 
In Vonore, chemical giant DuPont shutting down its taxpayer funded renewable ethanol refinery after Xmas. No reason has been made public, so far (I found an article from last week that revealed that DuPont is shifting focus to a new patented biofuel tech called the C1 platform by Dyadic International). It should be noted that state taxpayers shelled out $70-million USD to help DuPont and the University of Tennessee build the ‘green’ Vonore refinery in 2007.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
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.”