M.D. Kittle, MADISON — As the holidays approach, thousands of Wisconsinites are still waiting for their Unemployment Insurance benefits to come through months after they first applied. Now, Gov. Tony Evers’ interim Department of Workforce …
Read moreWisconsin Unemployment Agency Delivering Unhappy Holidays
The White House is reportedly considering issuing a new round of executive actions amid dwindling hopes for a bipartisan coronavirus relief deal. Trump administration officials have discussed efforts to unilaterally provide support for the beleaguered airline industry and bolster …
Read moreThe Trump administration could address airline layoffs, extend federal unemployment aid
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have agreed to work to avoid a government shutdown right before the election, and not let the stalemate over virus-relief legislation hold up a vital stopgap …
Read moreNancy Pelosi: Is the Cause of Unemployment Pains and Stimulus Delays
For three decades, Kelly Flint flourished as a corporate travel agent, sending everyone from business titans to oil riggers around the planet. Then came the worst pandemic in a century, leaving her jobless and marooned …
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President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans who lost jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, as the United States marked a grim milestone …
Read moreTrump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress break down
U.S. hiring slowed in July as the coronavirus outbreak worsened, and the government’s jobs report offered signs Friday that the economic damage from the pandemic could last far longer than many observers originally envisioned. The …
Read moreUS hiring slows amid signs of longer-lasting economic damage
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to unilaterally suspend payroll taxes and extend expired coronavirus unemployment benefits after negotiations with congressional Democrats on a broad pandemic aid package collapsed on Friday. Trump told a news conference …
Stephen Moore, Back in 2009, Nancy Pelosi infamously declared the best way to revive the economy was to dole out ever-more-generous food stamps and unemployment benefits. The more people collecting welfare, the better. At the time, …
Read morePaying People Not to Work Is Not an Economic Stimulus