Update to As CARES Act benefits are set to expire, many workers have yet to receive unemployment insurance. Apparently things are even worse than I knew. The state of Arizona is treating the unemployed like they are criminals. Confusion by first time filers is not a crime, especially when the Department of Economic Security (DES) … Read more
The $600-a-week federal supplement to unemployment benefits enacted under the CARES Act is scheduled to expire after July 31, barring an extension from Congress, which seems unlikely given Republican opposition. (States can only pay this enhanced benefit through the week ending on July 25 or July 26.) For many Americans who lost their job during … Read more
Back in May, the House passes $3 trillion relief package – the Heroes Act – that the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate, “Moscow Mitch” McConnell, declared DOA in his legislative graveyard. “It is important to note that more than 80 percent of the priorities in the Heroes Act have been supported by the Republicans in the four … Read more
Martha McSally and Moscow Mitch McConnell do not get it. Most workers want to go back to their jobs. They just want assurances that it is safe to do so. With the Coronavirus surging across the country, people being encouraged to social distance and wear masks, individuals with health conditions being asked to stay home, … Read more
On Friday, Trump used a flawed unemployment report showing showing some two million jobs returned to the economy as a reason to launch his Russian-style dezinformatsiya campaign ad, “The great American comeback has begun”. Actually, A ‘misclassification error’ made the May unemployment rate look better than it is: “The special note said that if this … Read more