Articles Tagged With 'Unemployment Benefits'

As Congress Votes on Unemployment Insurance Extension, Deeper Problems Remain

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, July 20, 2010, 12:52 p.m.

Congress is expected to reinstate extended unemployment benefits, but state unemployment trust funds are still in a shambles.

Gov’t Report Suggests Fixes for Broken Unemployment Insurance System

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, May 6, 2010, 2:57 p.m.

A GAO reports suggests ways to allow state unemployment funds to become more solvent.

Business Owners and Insiders: Tell Us How the Unemployment Insurance System Really Works

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, March 25, 2010, 4:34 p.m.

Help ProPublica figure out how the unemployment insurance system really works, from the points of view of the businesses that fund it, the people who administer it and the people who must use it.

Kansas and Vermont Are the Latest Unemployment Insurance Debtors

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, March 9, 2010, 11:22 a.m.

The number of states borrowing from the federal government to pay jobless benefits grows to 29.

Mass. Unemployment Insurance Fund Goes Into Red

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, Feb. 22, 2010, 12:57 p.m.

The number of states borrowing federal money to keep jobless benefits flowing rises to 27.

Unemployment Insurance Funds in Colorado and New Hampshire Go Bankrupt—And Start Borrowing

by Olga Pierce
ProPublica, Jan. 27, 2010, 8:40 a.m.

Do You Have Experience Dealing With Your State’s Unemployment Insurance System?

by Amanda Michel and Olga Pierce
ProPublica, Jan. 21, 2010, 4:13 p.m.