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Unemployed Michigan residents will not repay wrongfully received benefits

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Unemployment benefits are making people stay at home, according to Republicans

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Jobless claims rise as cutoff of extra $600 benefit nears

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US layoffs climb to 41 million, despite business reopenings

An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country
/ May 28, 2020
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Long term unemployment benefits to expire Saturday

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
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Michigan: Lose job over failed drug test, no unemployment benefits for you

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
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North Carolina becomes 1st state to drop federal jobless funds

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
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Georgia testing policy not catching 'jobless druggies' so far

The Huffington Post reports Georgia has begun to require drug testing for people who receive unemployment benefits and other public aid…
/ June 6, 2012
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Unemployment applications drop to a 4-year low

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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Banks extract fees on unemployment benefits

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