Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last week, when I wrote my post on how to boost employment, the list started off unambiguously: The first—and this can’t be ...

Senator Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) signaled on Saturday that he would not support including an extension of federal jobless aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed Americans beyond Labor Day in ...

Florida has taken a sharp turn in the wrong direction with the recent bailout and expansion of the state’s unemployment insurance program. Using $418 million in federal stimulus money, the extension ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – The Senate on Saturday scaled back the weekly federal unemployment benefit in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion ...