‘We Know This Is A Recession, But We Don’t Want This To Go Into Depression...
(CBSNewYork) — The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, and the economy is in a precarious place. What happens in the coming weeks and months will affect millions of people yet remains largely outside their...
View Article‘Job Gains Have Slowed Considerably,’ Says Economic Policy Institute Economist
(CBS New York) — In normal times, the economy adding 1.8 million jobs and dropping the unemployment rate by almost a full percentage point would be great news. But these are not normal times, these are...
View ArticleWhere Do States Stand On Trump’s Unemployment Insurance Executive Order?
(CBSNewYork) — With unemployment near record highs and Congress locked in a standoff on a second round of stimulus, President Trump issued an executive order meant to address the problem. The order,...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional Unemployment Benefit: What We Know Right Now
(CBSNewYork) — Almost three weeks ago, President Trump issued an executive order meant to provide additional aid to the unemployed. The Lost Wages Assistance program (LWA), created by executive order,...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional $300 Unemployment Benefits Could Now Last Up To Six Weeks
The nation’s unemployed received some good news last week. Those who qualify for the additional $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits under the Lost Wages Assistance program (LWA) may receive up...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: Will Americans See More Financial Aid Before The...
(CBSNewYork) — In recent weeks, hope of relief for the unemployed and struggling workers had grown increasingly faint. The first stimulus package is now a distant memory. President Trump’s Lost Wages...
View ArticleVirtual Career Fair For Military Community Past & Present
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) PRESS RELEASE: Unemployment continues to hold steady at record highs and veteran unemployment stays in step with this trend surging to 9% from just 3% at this time last...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: What’s The Latest On A Second Payment Package?
(CBSNewYork) — Stimulus discussions are back on the table in Washington. Late last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested they would soon continue talks about a...
View ArticleStimulus Check Latest: Revised HEROES Act, Passed By House, Includes $1200...
(CBS Detroit) — A second stimulus bill is still a possibility, even with time running short before the election. On Monday of this week, House Democrats unveiled a revised stimulus bill that would ease...
View ArticleStimulus Check Latest: Timeline For When Americans Could Receive Next Payment
(CBS Detroit) — A second round of stimulus checks would help prop up the sagging U.S. economy. But Democrats and Republicans couldn’t agree on a deal that would make those stimulus payments and...
View ArticleStimulus Package Update: What Happens To The Economy Without A Second Stimulus?
(CBS Philadelphia) — Talk of a second stimulus package has been bouncing around the halls of Congress for months. But nothing has come to fruition, aside from pronouncements and posturing. The last...
View ArticleMarket Strategist Warns ‘Pain Felt On Main Street Quite Distinct From What’s...
(CBSNewYork) — Seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and Wall Street is doing well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 28,514.76 on Wednesday afternoon, over 3,000 points above where it...
View ArticleStimulus Package Update: Plan Should ‘Give As Generous Aid To Local...
By Norm Elrod (CBS Detroit) — Centrist Democrats and Republicans proposed a $908 billion coronavirus relief package last week, and it started to gain a little traction. Both parties see the need for...
View ArticleGeorgia Unemployment Rate Drops In December, Job Growth Outpaces U.S.
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 New at 10) PRESS RELEASE: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in the month of December. Additionally, the state added 44,700...
View ArticleCarr Warns Of Unemployment Benefits Scams
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) PRESS RELEASE: As tax season is approaching, a number of Georgians are discovering that they may be the victims of unemployment insurance fraud. Consumers claim they...
View ArticleFake Unemployment Scam Alert
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) PRESS RELEASE: The Department of Justice has received reports that fraudsters are creating websites mimicking unemployment benefit websites, including state workforce...
View ArticleGeorgia Unemployment Rate Drops For 13th Straight Month To 4.1% As Jobs Increase
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) PRESS RELEASE: Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp applauded Georgia’s unemployment rate dropping for the thirteenth straight month from 4.3% in April to 4.1% for the month of...
View ArticleAtlanta-Area Labor Union, Lawmakers Rally On National Day Of Action On...
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) — Two days before Georgia halts the supplemental unemployment payments, labor unions and legislators rallied outside several Department of Labor offices in Metro Atlanta....
View ArticleLabor Advocates Demand Unemployment, Minimum Wage Changes At Atlanta Job Fair
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) — The fight for unemployment help and higher wages continues, as local organizations and legislators are demand that Governor Brian Kemp and Department of Labor...
View ArticleLocal College Tackling Florida Unemployment Issue
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News at 10) – “I want people to feel comfortable to say, ‘I want to change careers, but I want to be safe’,” said Belinthia Berry who serves as the Dean of Workforce at St....
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