Unemployment Benefits

An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country
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NBC NEWS – A life line for more than one million Americans who have been without work for more than six months expires Saturday…
/ December 27, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
OPINION – This unfair stigmatization of the poor is becoming more commonplace as Republicans on all levels cut back on benefits in the name of budgetary constraints…
/ October 31, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – With changes to its unemployment law taking effect this weekend, North Carolina not only is cutting benefits for those who file new claims, it will become the first state disqualified from a federal compensation program for the long-term jobless.,,
/ July 2, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
The Huffington Post reports Georgia has begun to require drug testing for people who receive unemployment benefits and other public aid…
/ June 6, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that the job market is steadily improving…
/ February 16, 2012
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Out of work and living on a $189-a-week unemployment check, Rob Linville needs to watch every penny. Lately, he has been watching too many pennies disappear into the coffers of the bank that administers his unemployment check via a prepaid debit card…
/ November 1, 2011