There is no such thing as a free lunch. Congress wants to help the unemployed, but extending the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits slightly harms the economy. Raising benefits to 99 ...

Despite keeping tens of millions of Americans afloat during the pandemic, expanded unemployment insurance (UI) only reached 41% of unemployed workers according to Professor Eliza Forsythe of the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-106586) entitled "Unemployment Insurance - DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...

The state Division of Employment Security made $166 million in excessive improper unemployment insurance benefit payments over a five-year period that ended in March 2021, according to a report ...