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Mother Sues Indiana Social Services For Cutting Off Daughters' Medicaid

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family in Indianapolis,...

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GOP Folds On Unemployment Benefits Fight: 14-Week Extension Passes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Harry Reid, Unemployment, Jobless Benefits, Senate, Unemployment Benefits, Transparency, Politics News

The GOP called for the check Wednesday night, having had enough of the fight over an extension of unemployment benefits that the party had held up for...

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Senate Democrats Agree To Extend Jobless Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless w...

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Unemployment Now Lasts Longer Than Benefits

Bloomberg | Michael McKee and Alex Tanzi | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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For the first time, the average amount of time it takes fired employees to find a new job exceeds the length of their standard unemployment benefits. ...

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House Moves To Extend Unemployment Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON --; Despite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the mil...

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Number Of Working Americans On Food Stamps Surges

Financial Times | Sarah O’Connor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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The number of working Americans turning to free government food stamps has surged as their hours and wages erode, in a stark sign that the recession i...

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$3.1B Set Aside For Unemployed Is Unclaimed Because States Haven't Expanded Jobless Benefits

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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More than $3.1 billion in stimulus money for state unemployment insurance programs is sitting in a federal trust fund because 23 states haven't expand...

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Unemployment Benefits Will Run Out For 1.5 Million Jobless Americans

nytimes.com | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business

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Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a l...

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N.Y. Unemployed A Casualty Of Senate Chaos

New York Times | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York

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A campaign to increase New York's unemployment benefits for the first time in a decade has been sidetracked by the political stalemate in Albany. Des...

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Free Lipitor, Viagra, 70 other drugs for jobless

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON and MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

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The recession might be a little less painful for some Americans, who won't lose their prescription medications if they lose their jobs. Pfizer Inc. s...

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Recession Is Far From Over As Jobless Tops 6 Million For First Time

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Housing construction unexpectedly plunged, the number of people receiving jobless benefits grew and JPMorgan Chase & Co. said its f...

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Bush Signs Extension For Jobless Benefits

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will guarantee as much as $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt in a bid to get the distressed financial system pump...

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Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly si...

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Jobless Claims Rose Last Week

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor Market, Labor Department, Unemployment, Weak Economy, Economic Slowdown, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless Benefits, Recession, Payroll JObs, Business News

WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, pro...

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