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Why scammers who stole billions in unemployment benefits may get away with fraud
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCongress has yet to give prosecutors more time to go after cases of massive unemployment insurance...
If A Recession Comes Next Year, Congress Could Leave The Unemployed Hanging
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere is a chance that the economy will slide into recession next year and that Congress won’t do...
Serial liar George Santos’ lesser-known fraud may have been collecting $24,000 in COVID unemployment...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoU.S. Rep. George Santos gained a reputation as a modern-day Pinocchio after he was caught...
Congress made school meals free for 2 years. Now, Republicans don't want to extend the program.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSavanna Durr/Insider At the start of the pandemic, Congress made school lunches free and universal....
Scapegoating unemployed is tired political trope. Here’s what works to fix labor shortages.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWisconsin’s labor shortage is not the result of lazy people gaming the unemployment system. Yet...
US unemployment insurance isn't ready for the next recession
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe Fed keeps hiking, the markets keep sinking, and winter is coming: Economic forecasters fear a...
COVID-19 Relief Spending Pushed Poverty To Record Low In 2021
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON — Poverty fell to a new low last year thanks to new federal spending passed in response...
With a recession looming, here's what you need to know about unemployment insurance
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPeople arrive to seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif., in July...
Biden says pandemic ‘over’: What relief is still available?
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired Sunday that the “pandemic is...
Stretched social safety net could see more strain in 2024
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWASHINGTON — Despite low unemployment and rising wages, Americans have increasingly been relying on...