More than 21 million Americans are claiming some form of unemployment insurance. The number of unemployed Americans who have been out of work six months or more increased by almost 40 percent last ...

It is not often that a legal dispute carries the potential to put thousands of dollars directly into the hands of hundreds of thousands of people. But in Ohio, a case before the state’s Supreme Court ...

A financial lifeline for millions of Americans who lost their jobs when the coronavirus pandemic brought the economy to a halt in the spring is coming to an end this weekend: The extra $600 a week in ...

Mar. 18—WILKES-BARRE — Rep. Brenda Pugh on Tuesday said widespread unemployment fraud and Pennsylvania's ongoing failure to meet bare minimum program integrity standards must come to an end. Rep. Pugh ...

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case testing whether Catholic Charities is entitled to opt out of a state unemployment compensation system for its employees. Ironically, the case ...

Ironically, the case comes from Wisconsin, which in 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, became the first state in the nation to set up an unemployment compensation program. The experiment ...