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More People Apply for Unemployment Benefits, Reversing Trend

WASHINGTON -- More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market. The government says applications for unemployment benefits rose 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 412,000 for the week ended April 9. That left...

Michigan Governor Signs Cut in Unemployment Benefits

LANSING, Mich. -- Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday made Michigan the first state in the country to lower the number of weeks jobless workers can get state benefits, a trend other cash-strapped states may follow as a way to avoid taxing businesses more for unemployment benefits. Snyder said he signed the bill reducing state...

Obama's $860 Billion Tax Cut Deal: By the Numbers

(Dec. 17) -- President Barack Obama will sign an $860 billion tax deal this afternoon that extends the Bush-era tax cuts by two years and grants unemployed Americans up to 13 additional months of benefits. In a 277-148 vote, the House passed the bill Thursday after the Senate approved an identical measure the day...

Poll Shows Strong Public Support for Tax Cut Deal

(Dec. 13) -- Conservatives, liberals and political independents are markedly in sync when it comes to the deal President Barack Obama forged with Republicans on extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits. A poll released today by the Pew Research Center indicates a strong bipartisan majority backs the...

Opinion: So Who's Holding the Unemployed Hostage Now?

(Dec. 10) -- With Democrats threatening to block the Obama/Republican compromise on Bush-era tax cuts, does that mean they're the ones now holding the unemployed hostage until they get their way? That was, after all, the charge Democrats and others had often lodged against Republicans. Examples: Earlier this month,...

unemployment benefits News From the Web

02/19/12 Tax Tips: Unemployment Benefits Source: Beverly Hills Patch - Beverly Hills CA As the unemployment rate in Los Angeles County continues to hover around 11 percent, many receive state and federal unemployment benefits.
12/01/10 Millions to lose unemployment benefits Source: ABC - KTRK 13 - Houston TX Millions of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits.

Background on unemployment benefits

Unemployment benefits are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. Benefits may be based on a compulsory para-governmental insurance system.

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