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California overpaid as much as $55B in unemployment claims. Will it ever get the money back?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to...
COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid benefits in Illinois – including fraud
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSPRINGFIELD – Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first...
Michigan unemployment agency wasn't effective in processing pandemic claims, audit shows
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new state audit released Friday found Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency wasn't effective in...
IL paid at least $5.2 billion in fraudulent or excessive unemployment claims during pandemic
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe state agency that distributes unemployment benefits paid out more than $5 billion in fraudulent...
Thousands of Oregon residents asked to pay back unemployment benefits from COVID-19 pandemic
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRowan Hayes, a 25-year-old Clackamas resident and former swim instructor, found herself in need of...
Black Wisconsinites were half as likely as white applicants to get pandemic unemployment payments,...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMADISON – A federal watchdog agency is urging Wisconsin to look into racial disparities in how a...
Years post-pandemic, some out-of-work Michiganders are waiting on unemployment benefits
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoNearly four years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Michigan workers are still stuck...
Waivers for unemployment claimants who received overpayment letters may come this weekend
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWaivers for unemployment insurance claimants who were told they were overpaid benefits in the...
Auditor general reports about $2 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed...
Senate Democrats want to spend $3 billion to fix state unemployment systems and make it easier to...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUnemployed people at a rally last year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty...