We hear from Maria Barillas about how the pandemic drove her to start a new job.

Wall Street Journal reporter Sarah Chaney Cambon notes that unvaccinated people are outspending the vaccinated.

Making drinks and waiting tables used to be fallback occupations for many young people. The coronavirus is changing that.

Orders for big-ticket items are a rare economic bright spot. But many businesses that rely on in-person customers are hurting.

The decline in unemployment has slowed since an early rebound from the first wave of COVID-19 shutdowns.

It doesn’t look good, considering the pandemic is still raging and there’s no additional federal relief yet.

States that rely heavily on the in-person service sector are still facing high unemployment, while farm states are seeing lower jobless rates.

The pandemic is worsening the labor crunch in an industry that’s been short-handed for years.

Service-sector jobs are coming back, but professionals who’ve been working from home are facing layoffs.

The owner of one fine-dining restaurant in California opened a new eatery during the pandemic as a takeout operation.