Unemployment Benefits

Mother Sues Indiana Social Services For Cutting Off Daughters' Medicaid

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business


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,...

Arthur Delaney

One Million Will Lose Unemployment Benefits In January Unless Congress Acts

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business


One million people will stop receiving unemployment benefits in January unless Congress makes a move before the Christmas recess, according to an anal...

Pelosi Shifts Focus To Unemployment After Push For Health Care Bill

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


House Democratic leaders, worried they've appeared unresponsive to rising unemployment because they were absorbed by healthcare, are aiming for a legi...

Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

Dean Baker | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Dean Baker

Imagine if workers in the US, like workers in Germany, were dealing with the recession by putting in four-day weeks (while getting paid for five) or getting an extra two weeks of paid vacation. This sure beats being unemployed.

How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

Ryan Grim

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


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...

Single Father Turned Away From Homeless Shelters

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


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. Attila Streyar and his t...

Don't Let COBRA Benefits Run Out on American Families

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Rep. Joe Sestak

Losing health care along with one's job is something Americans should not have to cope with at this difficult time. So I have introduced the Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009.

7,000 Americans Run Out Of Unemployment Benefits Every Day

Yahoo! Finance | Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.Com Senior Writer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits....

Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the unemployment extension last week in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.

Arthur Delaney

Texas Man Plans To Camp On GOP Rep's Lawn If Congress Fails To Extend Unemployment Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business


If Congress fails to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, Ricky Macoy of Quinlan, Texas plans to take it out on the Republican Party by camping...

Senate Democrats Agree To Extend Jobless Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


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

Kyl Blocks Vote on Unemployment Benefits, Says Republicans Need Ideas

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Dawn Teo

Arizona Democratic Party spokesperson Jennifer Johnson said Thursday, "It's disappointing but not surprising that Kyl single-handedly blocked this vote.

Lawyer's Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 A Day From Blog

Forbes | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology


Does writing a blog constitute work? That appears to be the position of the New York State Department of Labor, which recently declared a laid-off att...

Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

Unemployment Now Lasts Longer Than Benefits

Bloomberg | Michael McKee and Alex Tanzi | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business


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. ...

Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media


Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.8 Percent; U.S. Economy Shed 263,000 Jobs In September

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowh...

Leading With Lagging Indicators

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


Harry Moroz

When economic growth returns, most households - and particularly the unemployed - experience little or no relief in the short term.

The Unemployment Benefits Extension Explained by OC User nancym

Avelino Maestas | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Avelino Maestas

The comment threads on bills related to the issue have long been a valuable resource for people seeking information on unemployment benefits. I'm using comments from the thread as the core of this blog post.

House Moves To Extend Unemployment Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


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

AP: Layoffs Toughest On Younger, Older Workers

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and ERRIN HAINES | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


ORLANDO, Fla. — Marcus Wells and Shirley Walker view their economic prospects from opposite ends of the age spectrum. Wells, 25, was initially ...

"These Jobs Are Not Coming Back"

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Garrett Johnson

The problem is that Americans have too much debt and too little savings, and the country doesn't manufacture the goods that the rest of the world wants to buy. Until that changes jobs will continue to be scarce.

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

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business


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...

Arthur Delaney

Unemployment: An Awful Waste Of Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business


Unemployment can be lonely and frustrating. No fellow commuters, no coworkers. Lots of people don't know where they went wrong -- because they didn't...