Gov. Mike DeWine’s fight against $900M in federal aid for Ohioans rooted in concern for state’s economy

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has fought more than four years to prevent hundreds of thousands of state residents from getting ...

Furloughed federal workers file for jobless benefits, but aid isn’t easy to get

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Some Americans facing uncertain future as federal COVID-19 unemployment assistance programs run out

More than 21 million Americans are claiming some form of unemployment insurance. The number of unemployed Americans who have been out of work six months or more increased by almost 40 percent last ...
The Columbian

Furloughed federal workers encounter delays in getting unemployment pay

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...