CHICAGO (WLS) -- A year after the pandemic, there's a new problem in Illinois' embattled unemployment system: extended benefits. Some people are having trouble getting renewed. With no work prospects ...

The unemployment compensation system in the United States operates as a joint federal-state program. Unlike a direct federal unemployment program, the federal government supports states in funding and ...

In late March, Congress approved the CARES Act, which was passed in an effort to keep the economy afloat amid the spread of the coronavirus. A major component of the CARES Act was a $600 weekly ...

During their one day special session, lawmakers signed off on the unemployment extension for 600+ steelworkers. The miners are facing an indefinite lay off, at both Hibtac and Minorca Mine. The ...

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, cosponsored a bill today that would extend unemployment insurance by 14 weeks for all jobless Americans. Nearly 2 million out-of-work Americans face expiring benfits by the ...

Texans receiving unemployment could be eligible for a total of 52 weeks of benefits - double the typical amount of time aid is available - as the state triggered an extended benefits period, according ...

DENVER – Some Coloradans who have desperately been waiting for federal extended unemployment benefits to come online in the state will start seeing some relief this weekend and early next week, the ...

LANSING — A COVID-19 stimulus bill signed into law by President Biden continues federal unemployment insurance programs which were set to expire on March 13, 2021. Individuals with claims of any type ...