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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...
Unemployment cuts and garbage searches are some of the new Iowa laws going into effect Friday
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMajor cuts to Iowa unemployment benefits, loosened regulations for child care providers and expanded...
Watchdog agency increases its pandemic unemployment benefits fraud estimate to as much as $135...
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid-19 pandemic unemployment insurance claims were likely...
Taxes on businesses will drop after Iowa spent millions in federal aid to bolster unemployment fund
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe tax on businesses that Iowa uses to fund benefits for unemployed workers will drop to the lowest...
Your turn: Unemployment fraud cost taxpayers $163B
Deming Headlight via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith $163 billion in COVID relief unemployment benefits lost to fraud and improper payments, House Republicans have proposed a way to claw some of it back: Encourage states to chase down the ...
Owed Refund From 2020 Unemployment Compensation? How To Check and Amend (If Necessary)
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe IRS has finally finished issuing refunds to taxpayers who overpaid their taxes in 2021, when...
Mark Warner Says Democrats' COVID Rescue Package Was Too Big
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocrats overdid it on their signature pandemic relief bill last year, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)...
Gov. Kim Reynolds has controlled $2.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. Here's how she's spending it.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIowa's state government has so far received nearly $10.4 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money...
Indictment Highlights One of George Santos’ Greatest Hypocrisies
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoREUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File PhotoHouse Republicans will begin voting on a bill Wednesday to...
Black applicants half as likely to get pandemic unemployment benefits in some states, watchdog says
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was one of several failings the agency identified in a trio of long-awaited reports on the U.S. unemployment insurance system and how it fared during Covid-19.