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 ...

The spring semester is coming to a close, but the University of Iowa decided to make strides in student accessibility before it fully rolled away. On March 26, UI launched a change to ICON, the ...

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 ...

University of Idaho Extension has hired Bridger Feuz as associate director. He has a background in agricultural research and outreach, and experience in teaching livestock producers about economics ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During their one day special session, lawmakers signed off on the unemployment extension for 600+ steelworkers. The miners are facing an indefinite lay off, at both Hibtac and Minorca Mine. The ...