Tag: Unemployment Benefits

Paying Americans Not to Work

A Family of Four Can Receive over $100,000 Annualized Equivalent in Cash and Benefits in Three States, And over $80,000 in 14 States, with No One Working.
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US Secret Service Investigating Hundreds of Fraud Cases Linked to Funds for Pandemic Relief

More than 900 fraud cases linked to pandemic-related relief funds are being investigated, said a U.S. Secret Service statement issued Tuesday. In...

Weekly Jobless Claims Plunge to Level Not Seen Since 1969

The number of workers applying for unemployment benefits in the United States dropped sharply last week to a level not seen...

Biden’s Comments from CNN Presidential Townhall 2021

On July 21, 2021 Joe Biden participated in a CNN Town Hall at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati...

Heritage Experts: Democrats’ Budget Resolution Likely to Worsen Inflation, Increase Americans’ Reliance on Government

A deal in the interest of American taxpayers, one that charts a path toward fiscal sanity and responsibility, should...
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House Republicans Call for Comprehensive Audit of Pandemic-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Thirty House members, all Republicans, asked the Labor Department acting inspector general to do an “official audit” of unemployment insurance fraud during the...
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US Businesses Urge Government to Solve ‘Ever-Worsening Workforce Crisis’

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called for the federal government and states to take swift action to address “the country’s ever-worsening...
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US Jobless Claims Drop to 385,000, Another Pandemic Low

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the...
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Number of States Dropping Federal Jobless Boost Rises to 22

This week, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas joined 19 other Republican-led states moving to drop the $300 weekly federal jobless...
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Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma to End Federal Unemployment Benefits in June

Texas, Indiana, and Oklahoma on Monday announced that they will be joining a growing number of GOP-led states in ending the expanded...

Montana To Launch Return-to-work Bonuses, Return To Pre-pandemic Unemployment Program To Address Workforce Shortage

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today announced two measures to address the state’s severe workforce shortage and incentivize...

Arizona Governor Resumes Job-Seeking Requirement for Unemployment Benefits

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) rescinded an executive order issued last year that waived the requirement for Arizonans to prove...