DUA reports 50% decrease in backlogs, claimants still reporting unemployment check delays

Boston 25 News has been on a pursuit for answers for months about unemployment check delays, with dozens of you flooding our ...
WKBW

What to do when your $600 weekly unemployment check expires

A financial lifeline for millions of Americans who lost their jobs when the coronavirus pandemic brought the economy to a halt in the spring is coming to an end this weekend: The extra $600 a week in ...
Seven Days

Senate Panel Takes Another Run at Adding to Unemployment Checks

After their attempt last year was sidelined by the feds, lawmakers are taking another run at adding $25 to weekly unemployment benefits. “We need to step back and make sure we are meeting the needs of ...
U.S. News & World Report

US Weekly Jobless Claims Increase, More People Collecting Unemployment Checks, Economists Estimate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased last week, economists estimated on Thursday, and more people were collecting unemployment checks in ...
ABC7

COVID relief hangs in balance as unemployment benefits expire for millions of Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As COVID relief hangs in the balance, millions of Americans out of work will lose their unemployment benefits Saturday. President Donald Trump spent the Christmas holiday on the ...
NBC Connecticut

$1,400 Checks, Enhanced Unemployment: Here's What's in Biden's Stimulus Plan

When President-elect Joe Biden takes office next week, he plans to ramp up federal spending on several fronts, including financial aid for struggling families, as well as vaccine production and ...
Reuters

Mnuchin says COVID aid checks would spur more jobs than unemployment supplement

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send $600 checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package ...