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California's Long-Term Unemployed Brace For Sudden End Of Benefits

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 05.06.2012

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MERCED, Calif. -- With her anti-poverty budget stretched beyond its limits, Brenda Callahan-Johnson is braced for next Saturday: the day California's ...

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House, Senate Pass Payroll Tax Cut Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congress passed the extension of the payroll tax holiday Friday, voting overwhelmingly to continue the 2 percent break and extend emerge...

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Boehner Throws Cold Water On Payroll Tax Deal

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill negotiators Thursday officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from gettin...

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Dems Propose Scaled Down Cuts To Jobless Benefits

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — House-Senate negotiations on extending jobless benefits and a two percentage point cut in the payroll tax remained stalled Thursday...

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A Sign The Hiring May Be Strong Enough To Lower The Jobless Rate

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue i...

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Signs Of An Improving Job Market

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level that signaled a steadily improving job market. The fig...

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Weekly Jobless Claims Plunge To Near Four-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week, a government report on Thursday show...

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Huge Share Of Americans Tapping Government Benefits

Posted 01.18.2012

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The U.S. government is lending a hand to a record number of Americans. During the second quarter of 2010, nearly half -- or 48.6 percent -- of Ame...

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1 Percent Of Indiana Job Applicants Fail Drug Tests

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.04.2012

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Just 1 percent of participants in an Indiana workforce training program failed their drug tests, according to the state's Department of Workforce Deve...

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Labor Market Shows Signs Of Improvement At Year's End

Posted 12.31.2011

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WASHINGTON (LUCIA MUTIKANI, Reuters) - New U.S. claims for jobless benefits rose last week but the underlying trend pointed to an improving labor ...

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Jobless Claims Rise After Three Weeks Of Decline

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 02.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week after three weeks of decline. Even with the gain, applications r...

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U.S. Economy To Be 'Better Story' In Gloomy Global Economy

Posted 12.23.2011

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The U.S. economy is gaining momentum and should push through next year with only a few bruises despite an almost certain European recession and sl...

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Governors Call On Congress To Keep Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of Democratic governors called on lawmakers in a Thursday letter to reauthorize long-term unemployment benefits, a move that...

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Long-Term Jobless Eye Bleak Future As Unemployment Benefits End

Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON (Lucia Mutikani) - George Parks has been out of work for 21 months and his unemployment benefits will run out at the end of the month. ...

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Embattled Ex-Philadelphia Schools Chief Applies For Unemployment

AP | Posted 02.01.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- The former Philadelphia schools superintendent who received more than $900,000 in severance pay is looking to collect unemployment. A...

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Super Committee Failure Could Rattle Markets

Posted 11.21.2011

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A brutal year for global investors may get even worse this week if Congress proves yet again it is too bitterly divided to deliver on its promise ...

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Who Gets Unemployment Benefits?

The New York Times | Casey B. Mulligan | Posted 01.09.2012

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It’s commonly assumed that unemployed people not receiving unemployment benefits have been unlucky enough to go without a job for so long that their...

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Most Of The Unemployed No Longer Receive Benefits

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON — The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemploym...

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Long-Term Jobless Numbers Decline: A Positive Sign?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Fewer people were out of work for longer than six months in October, which could signal that the long-term jobless are finding jobs. But...

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Most Americans Using Jobless Benefits Say They Don't Cover Basic Needs

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.27.2011

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The majority of Americans using unemployment benefits say it's not enough to cover their basic needs. Sixty-six percent of Americans using unemplo...

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Rick Scott Wants Mandatory Training For Jobless Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.13.2011

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott's jobs agenda for 2012 aims to reduce burdensome regulations for businesses and to increase them for jobless workers seeking b...

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Applications For Jobless Benefits Largely Unchanged Last Week

Posted 12.13.2011

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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week. A...

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Jobless Claims Rise Along With Concerns Over Recession

Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week in a sign concerns about a weak economy we...

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GOP Rep: Pay 'Not So Much'

The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.26.2011

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau the median household income in 2009 was $49,177, almost $98,000 less than what a member of the House of Representa...

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Nine States Slashing Unemployment Benefits

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 10.07.2011

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Around 14 million people in the U.S. are jobless today. Yet, several states — even some that are experiencing economic recoveries — have begun to ...

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