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Senior reporter at Marketplace covering the economy, economic indicators, employment, labor and workforce,
Links: Bio | (Current as of: February 25, 2021)
Marketplace
November 18, 2020
The Biden administration will likely be able to push IT upgrades and enhance data coordination between state and federal systems. But setting new national standards to increase unemployment benefits and expand eligibility will be mostly up to Congress through legislation.
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Marketplace
November 4, 2020
More than seven months after COVID-19 all but shut down the U.S. economy, 22.6 million Americans were getting unemployment benefits — either through a state or federal pandemic program — according to the Labor Department. And 751,000 newly unemployed workers filed initial jobless claims, which is more than in any week during the Great Recession.
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Marketplace
October 22, 2020
Tens of millions of Americans are still out of work. Millions of them are running out of unemployment benefits. And those still on the rolls are no longer getting $600 a week in extra federal payments that expired in late summer.
Senior reporter at Marketplace covering the economy, economic indicators, employment, labor and workforce,
Links: Bio | (Current as of: February 25, 2021)
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Audio , News StoryUnemployment insurance is broken. How can it be fixed?
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
November 18, 2020
The Biden administration will likely be able to push IT upgrades and enhance data coordination between state and federal systems. But setting new national standards to increase unemployment benefits and expand eligibility will be mostly up to Congress through legislation.
News Story
Jobless Americans struggle to get and keep benefits
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
November 4, 2020
More than seven months after COVID-19 all but shut down the U.S. economy, 22.6 million Americans were getting unemployment benefits — either through a state or federal pandemic program — according to the Labor Department. And 751,000 newly unemployed workers filed initial jobless claims, which is more than in any week during the Great Recession.
Audio , News Story
New jobless claims are down, but unemployment benefits are, too
Mitchell HartmanMarketplace
October 22, 2020
Tens of millions of Americans are still out of work. Millions of them are running out of unemployment benefits. And those still on the rolls are no longer getting $600 a week in extra federal payments that expired in late summer.
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