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 ...

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 ...

For example, South Dakota and Wyoming reported unemployment rates of 2.6 percent. "It is fiscally irresponsible to provide extra benefits in states with low unemployment rates," the White House ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his weekly video address and in a speech at the White House on Tuesday, President Obama called on Congress to extend federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits, which expired at the end of ...

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 ...

Extending unemployment benefits for another 14 weeks crossed a procedural hurdle in the Senate today. Sixty senators — including six Republicans — agreed a $6.4 billion plan will have a vote in ...

ST. PAUL — With the economic turmoil of COVID-19 stretching on, officials say the hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans on unemployment right now can get a 13-week extension of benefits. According to a ...

Hoosiers who previously have exhausted their unemployment benefits and remain unemployed may file online for the new federal unemployment extension beginning Monday. The federal government on Nov. 6 ...