Federal workers in Washington state turn to unemployment benefits amid shutdown

Nearly one month into the government shutdown, hundreds of federal workers in Washington state have applied for unemployment ...

Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether Gov. Mike DeWine must distribute $900M in COVID benefits to Ohioans

The class-action lawsuit claims DeWine should belated pay $300-per-week federal COVID jobless benefits to 320,000 eligible ...

Furloughed federal workers file for jobless benefits, but aid isn’t easy to get

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...

Ohio jobless claims drop slightly as 45,228 unemployment filings reported statewide

Ohio jobless claims dipped slightly last week, with 4,527 new filings. Continued claims totaled 40,701 as unemployment held ...
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Hobbs calls potential lapse of SNAP access ‘devastating,’ wants Trump to stop ‘political games’

Gov. Katie Hobbs said the ongoing U.S. government shutdown is throwing SNAP recipients in limbo. She hopes nonprofits will ...

Unemployment claims roll in from workers sent home by shutdown in Washington state

Kitsap is among four counties with the most employees filing claims, though essential workers going without pay cannot apply.

Federal workers hunker down as they go without pay in shutdown: "Protect every penny"

Federal workers, who missed their first full paycheck on Friday as a result of the government shutdown, say they're ...

Hundreds of unemployment claims filed in New Mexico amid government shutdown

"The top agencies that we're seeing those come from is the Dept. of Agriculture, the Air Force bases across New Mexico, also ...