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The owner of a Minnesota job agency said interviews shot up 60% before enhanced unemployment benefits expired
Some business owners have blamed the US labor shortage on benefits - but workers say they simply wa…
Grace Dean  Â
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Florida's governor says the state's unemployment system was set up to 'pay out the least number of claims' and discourage people seeking benefits
Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the unemployment system in Florida contained "pointless roadblocks" aim…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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GOP states cutting $300 unemployment benefits early will cost local economies $12 billion because people will have less money to spend, a bipartisan congressional committee said
Ending unemployment benefits early means people will spend less, damaging the economy, the Congress…
Grace Dean  Â
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10 Florida residents sue state governor Ron DeSantis for ending $300 unemployment benefits 2 months early
The 10 Florida residents asked Gov. DeSantis to reinstate the FPUC benefits and send retroactive pa…
Grace Dean  Â
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Some companies in Florida and Alabama are still struggling to find staff months after the states cut enhanced COVID-19 unemployment benefits
Business owners have blamed the enhanced COVID-19 jobless benefits for a labor shortage that has fo…
Grace Dean  Â
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$39 billion of stimulus unemployment benefits were likely wasted by inefficient state governments, watchdog finds
The Office of the Inspector General found states had trouble implementing unemployment benefits fro…
Ayelet Sheffey  Â
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On CNBC, host Jim Cramer accidentally says 'Crazy Nancy' to Nancy Pelosi on air
While interviewing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on CNBC, Jim Cramer accidentally calls her "Crazy Nan…
John L. Dorman  Â
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People in half the country got unemployment checks 'unacceptably' slowly last summer, Fed report finds
Geography makes or breaks how quickly workers get their checks. In May 2021, Ohio made just 34% of …
Juliana Kaplan  Â
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'Over our dead bodies:' Lindsey Graham vows Congress won't extend additional $600 coronavirus-related unemployment benefits, as U.S. death toll crosses the 60,000 mark
The South Carolina senator said he believed the additional unemployment funds would incentivize peo…
Kayla Epstein  Â
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Here are 3 ways the $748 billion stimulus package could aid millions of unemployed Americans
The bipartisan group of senators wants to renew federal unemployment benefits at $300 weekly until …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig  Â
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7.5 million workers just lost their unemployment benefits and Biden didn't step in: 'I'm very, very angry because this is an attempt, in my opinion, to force us all back to work in low paying jobs'
A Delta variant surge is keeping many people from returning to work, especially high-risk, low pay …
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…  Â
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Many stimulus programs are due to expire at the end of 2020, threatening the US economy during the COVID-19 pandemic's most challenging phase
As Americans enter some of the most challenging weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of economi…