Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Last week, when I wrote my post on how to boost employment, the list started off unambiguously: The first—and ...

Senate Republicans and a lone Democratic Senator have blocked a bill that would have extended long-term jobless aid for the nation’s unemployed. According to the National Employment Law Project, 1.2 ...

Politico's Chris Frates on who's to blame for ending unemployment benefits July 1, 2010— -- More than 1.3 million unemployed workers won't be getting their next round of unemployment benefits, ...

Unemployment benefits are subject to state and federal income tax and should be reported on claimants’ tax returns. 1099-G forms were delivered by email or mail and are also available through a ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- More than 1.2 million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state Department of Commerce Division of Employment ...

Michigan residents could see their unemployment benefits grow under bills that passed the state Senate Thursday. The legislation would extend the amount of time someone can claim unemployment benefits ...

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — After Congress failed to reach a deal on a new coronavirus relief package, President Trump signed 4 executive orders over the weekend he says will help Americans. But critics, ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Tuesday that the chamber is “very, very close” to working out a bipartisan deal that would extend unemployment benefits for five months. The ...

The U.S. Senate made the right move Tuesday in approving an extension of unemployment benefits. The measure restores benefits for 2.5 million people who have been caught for weeks in a political ...

President Barack Obama lauded the Senate’s advancement of a bill to extend jobless aid on Tuesday as a “very important step” and called on Republicans in both chambers to back the legislation “without ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration opposes a Democratic proposal to extend a $600 per week federal unemployment benefit approved in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Labor Secretary Eugene ...

MADISON - The Wisconsin Legislature plans to pass a bill next week that will make federal unemployment benefits available for an additional 13 weeks. The bill was approved by two legislative ...