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Articles Tagged With 'Unemployment Benefits'

As Congress Votes on Unemployment Insurance Extension, Deeper Problems Remain

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

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

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

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

Mass. Unemployment Insurance Fund Goes Into Red

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