California, New York Have the Most To Gain From Ending Bonus Unemployment Benefits. They Probably Won't.
States that already had lower unemployment rates in May are more likely to have announced plans for ending the bonus unemployment payments.
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More Than 500,000 Possibly Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Have Been Filed in Maryland Since May 1
Unemployment is falling but fraudulent jobless claims are still skyrocketing in some places.
Insane Lumber Prices Show How Governments Break Economies
Lockdowns, tariffs, and other market interventions made wood an expensive commodity.
There Still Aren't Enough People Getting Back to Work
Using the process of elimination, the culprit seems clear.
Biden's $1.9 Trillion 'Rescue Plan' Isn't Saving the Economy. It's Holding It Back.
The economic aid package paid people not to work. So it's no surprise that many aren't working.
States Hope Labor Shortage Will Shrink as They Ditch Federal Unemployment Benefits
Plus: Remembering "sexual-subculture pioneer" Pat Bond, debunking gender gap hyperbole around jobs, and more...
New Jobs Report Shows the Government Gets the Unemployment It's Paying For
High unemployment benefits are getting the blame for disappointing job growth in the midst of a worker shortage
California Has Seen a Staggering Amount of Unemployment Fraud During the Pandemic
But where is the outrage?
There Has Been a Mind-Boggling Amount of Unemployment Fraud Since the CARES Act Passed
Enhanced unemployment benefits may have helped many Americans weather the pandemic, but they've also attracted the interest of some modern-day Willie Suttons.
San Francisco Judge Rules Drivers With Ride-Sharing Companies Are Employees. Uber Warns It'll Have To Raise Prices By as Much as 111 Percent.
Plus: Federal government spent $250 billion on expanded unemployment benefits, Joe Biden's V.P. pick is "imminent," and Ben Shapiro takes on Cardi B
Don't Expand Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance
The negative impact of the program is well documented.
Congress Is Paying People a Lot of Money To Not Work
Though the unemployment insurance benefits boost eased the immediate pain of shuttering much of the economy, it made it harder to get things moving again.
The COVID-19 Recovery Is Starting. Extending 'Bonus' Unemployment Benefits Will Slow It.
If Congress extends boosted temporary unemployment benefits into early 2021, nearly five out of every six beneficiaries would be earning more money by not working.
Plans for Extended Unemployment Benefits, Wage Subsidies Risk Creating a Zombie Economy
Businesses need to be able to adjust to a world where COVID-19 remains an ongoing concern.
The Next Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is Here. It's a $3 Trillion Spending Plan That Bails Out States and the Post Office.
The new bill includes another round of stimulus checks for all Americans, funds additional coronavirus testing, and spends billions to bail out states and government agencies straining under pension debt.
Nearly 3.3 Million Unemployment Claims Due to Coronavirus Economic Meltdown
Much about the COVID-19 outbreak has been unprecedented and historic, but until now it's been difficult to quantify exactly how serious a blow the virus would deal to the U.S. economy.
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Finland Wants to Replace Welfare Programs With a Minimum Income for All Residents
The basic-income scheme is meant to save Finland money and reduce the country's high unemployment rate.
The Employment Benefits of Cutting Unemployment Benefits
Does a new NBER study prove that cutting unemployment benefits increases employment?
Dear Sacramento: Tossing Away $500 Million Is Why Your State Is Screwed
Bureaucrats can't get act together enough to recover huge sums in overpaid unemployment benefits.
Obama Wants Businesses, Federal Government to Hire Long-Term Unemployed
Says they're hard workers
Reid to Allow Some GOP Amendments to Unemployment Extension
Criticizes for blocking them
Harry Reid Blocking Republicans From Offering Amendments to Unemployment Extension
May threaten its passage
Sen. Harry Reid Cautiously Optimistic About Unemployment Compromise
Would provide 31 additional weeks in exchange for cuts elsewhere
Fraud Still a Problem with Unemployment Program
$7.7 billion in improper payments in 2013
Unemployment Extension Moving Forward in Senate After Getting to 60 Votes
Some will vote against it after having voted for it
Senate Poised To Vote on Restoring Unemployment Benefits
Despite some lawmakers not being in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Reid: Democrats Will Work Towards Extending Unemployment Benefits
Needs support from five Republicans to avoid a filibuster on a plan to extend the benefits for three months
Obama Urges Congress To Restore Unemployment Benefits
A bipartisan Senate proposal would reinstate jobless benefits for three months
Sen. Reid Says Unemployment Extension Vote to Come Monday
Another three months
Nancy Pelosi: "Simply Immoral" Not to Extend Unemployment Benefits
So give her more money