By Emily Hoeven | CalMattersHad Ivy Bland been able to access more than $9,000 of locked unemployment benefits, she and her husband might have been able to put off their move to Florida.Had Lindsay Green’s benefits not been frozen due to suspected fraud, she might have kept her medical, dental and car insurance — and not been forced to go on food stamps.

US & Canada

Unemployment

Politics

Gavin Newsom

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles

National Review

LA Daily News

How much will California’s EDD scandal cost Newsom?

Stockton case was one of hundreds of thousands that targeted California’s unemployment system, resulting in billions of dollars in losses.

Stockton Record

Stockton woman could face decades in prison over unemployment, identity-theft schemes

Fox Nation Host Tomi Lahren gives the latest on government welfare programs on ‘The Story’

Fox News

Lahren: 'Unemployment benefits incentivize laziness'

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)-- The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning that identity thieves are targeting millions of people nationwide with scam phishing texts aimed at stealing personal information, unemployment benefits, or both.

Chicopee

WWLP

Scam targets unemployment insurance claims

Laid-off workers didn't have to look for work to collect unemployment benefits early in the Covid pandemic. Most states have re-imposed the requirement.

Coronavirus

CNBC

Collecting unemployment? Most states re-impose a 'look for work' requirement

The sharp jump in unemployment insurance claims during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has broken the bank. Specifically, the claim volume emptied out the state’s dedicated fund for paying unemployment insurance, forcing New York to borrow $10 billion from the federal Department of Labor. Going forward, the state will have to pay that back with the money coming from employers who are already seeing sharply higher unemployment insurance rates.

Pandemic

Albany, New York

Albany

Times Union

Mother Jones

State borrowed $10B for pandemic unemployment claims: Now it must be repaid

SOUTHERN INDIANA — The unemployment rate for the Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area increased last month, but that’s not necessarily a bad indication.

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville

News and Tribune

Louisville Metro jobless rate rises, but labor force also increases

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Several federal unemployment insurance programs are set to expire on Sept. 4 which will affect tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders, according to The R.I. Department of Labor and Training (DLT).

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence

WPRI 12

Federal unemployment benefits to expire in one month

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