The $900 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress this week extends the CARES Act's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program by at least 11 weeks into March 2021. But it also adds a new verification ...

Initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, fell sharply last week. Half the number of self-employed and gig workers applied for unemployment benefits, according to the Labor ...

An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...

One of the first programs Congress created to assist Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic was the unprecedented Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA expanded unemployment ...

The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Head of education at Acorns and author of "Think Like a Breadwinner" Feb 27, 2021, 12:59pm EST Mar 16, 2021, 10:59am EDT This ...

PITTSBURGH — 11 Investigates told you about the gap in pandemic unemployment benefits several weeks ago. Payments stopped in late December even though Congress passed an extension. The state couldn’t ...

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday that around 48,000 federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims for self-employed workers filed between mid-July and late ...

Black workers in Georgia who lost jobs during the pandemic were more likely than White ones to be denied unemployment benefits and suffered disproportionately when the state withdrew early from a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about state and local government taxes and spending. Sep 09, 2021, 10:39am EDT Sep 09, 2021, 11:10am EDT This article is ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Wolf administration said Friday a program offering unemployment assistance to those affected by the pandemic will resume. Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting ...