Articles Tagged With 'Unemployment Insurance'
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.
Two Dozen States’ Unemployment Funds in the Red, Nine More Within Six Months
So far 25 states have borrowed more than $25 billion to keep jobless benefits flowing, and the situation is deteriorating fast elsewhere.
Payroll Taxes Increase for Many Employers Across the U.S.
With the recession emptying unemployment insurance trust funds, many states are raising taxes on business owners.
In Face of Bankrupt Trust Funds, Virginia Cuts Unemployment Benefits, Nevada Weighs Options
Two more states join the list of those needing to borrow from the federal government to keep unemployment checks going out.
Map: Is Your State’s Unemployment in Danger?
A state-by-state look at unemployment insurance trust funds, many of which are struggling.
Poor Unemployment Insurance Planning Adds Extra Burden to Conn., South Dakota Employers
With their states' unemployment trust funds depleted, businesses in Connecticut and South Dakota must pay a solvency tax.
Stimulating the Stimulus? Stimulus 2.0? You Be the Judge
More help may be coming for the jobless and homebuyers, as part of the stimulus or not.
Alabama’s Unemployment Insurance Woes Have Roots in a Happier Time
Time catches up to Alabama's unemployment insurance trust fund, which becomes the latest to start borrowing.
State Unemployment Borrowing Tops $15 Billion
Minnesota is the latest state needing federal help to keep its unemployment system afloat.
Call for Fixed-Price Stimulus Contracts Lost on Federal Agencies
The government is taking more of the cost risk of stimulus projects than contractors are.
