JOHN MARTIN

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Courtney Rozen |JOHN MARTIN

The Trump administration’s efforts to drastically reduce headcount across the federal government includes gutting a team that could have helped them do it: Its job was to track hiring and firing. Nearly all the half-dozen analysts and statisticians who compiled HR data for 2.3 million federal employees have been laid off or took resignation incentives to leave the Office of Personnel Management, according to three staffers who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation.

3 weeks ago | evansvilleliving.com | JOHN MARTIN |John Martin

Changes have been taking place at Colonial Classics Landscape & Nursery, but longtime shoppers can expect to see familiar faces. Backed by a group of local investors, Andrew and Jesse Diekhoff this winter purchased the longtime landscaping business and garden center from Julie and J.T. McCarty. The latter’s father, Jim Sr., and grandfather, Jacob, opened McCarty’s Garden Centers in 1958 at 4801 Washington Ave. The business remained in family hands for the next 66 years.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | JOHN MARTIN |Courtney Rozen |Cheryl C. Saenz

The Trump administration’s push to drastically shrink the federal government shifts to a new gear Thursday, when agencies face a deadline to submit plans for large-scale layoffs and budget cuts. With them, the list of government job cuts that for weeks had been measured in the tens of thousands — and included retirements, deferred resignations, and selective firings — is expected to reach into the hundreds of thousands.