Despite the recent good news — the unemployment rate and new jobless claims are down, economic and job growth are up, the nation’s 12.8 million unemployed people face two threats from Congress in the ...

In its scramble to boost the US economy during the pandemic, Congress rolled out a well-worn recession-fighting policy: extending jobless benefits. This reignited a long-standing debate between those ...

Out-of-work Capital Region and Mohawk Valley residents have collected more than $25 million in extended unemployment compensation since the federal government moved in last summer to help laid-off ...

There are two Americas. In one America, working stiffs wonder if it makes sense for the government to pay unemployment benefits for 99 weeks. In this America, folks have a lot of sympathy for those ...

California’s labor market has not yet shown much sign of recovery from the recession that began in 2001. As in the rest of the nation, employment has been flat to down, the unemployment rate has ...

In a letter to Reid (D-Nev.), the Maine Republican said the unemployment legislation should be separated from a larger package of tax provisions and state aid that has been stuck in the Senate for ...

Job Service North Dakota is extending unemployment insurance benefit payments to claimants in accordance with a federal measure enacted in November. Claimants who have exhausted an extended benefit ...

DENVER — Colorado is waiting on a decision from the U.S. Department of Labor on how to move forward with its extended unemployment benefits program. The State Extended Benefits program is paid for by ...

The recent surge in the state's jobless rate has made about 40,000 North Carolinians eligible for extended unemployment benefits. The N.C. Employment Security Commission said today that those ...