With the rising summer temperatures, wearing a face mask can be a sweaty business. However, we know it is the right thing to do. On July 2, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statewide order requiring Texans to wear facial coverage in public in counties with 20 or more COVID-19 …
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Leaders of a number of progressive organizations are lobbying Congress to extend the additional $ 600 in unemployment benefits due this week. In a letter to be sent out Wednesday afternoon, leaders of progressive advocacy groups such as the Center for American Progress, MoveOn, the Institute for Economic Policy and …
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – The latest figures from the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) show that the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent in June, meaning that there are fewer people without jobs since the start of the pandemic. Still, there are many questions surrounding the system. After three months of …
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If you don’t have a job and receive unemployment benefits, you’re already struggling. But things got worse for thousands of Ohio’s unemployed, who get very bad news when they log into their accounts on the Ohio Employment and Family Services website. They are discovering they were overpaid and now they …
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FILE PHOTO: People line up outside the Kentucky Career Center before it opens to find help with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA, June 18, 2020. REUTERS / Bryan Woolston (Reuters) – Americans who received higher unemployment benefits due to the coronavirus pandemic spent more than when they worked, …
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