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US Jobless Claims Decline to a Still-High 900,000

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to ongoing job cuts in a raging pandemic. The Labor Department's report Thursday underscored that President Joe Biden has inherited an economy that faltered this winter as virus cases spiked,...

Opinion: Hold Investigative Hearings Into California’s Mass Unemployment Fraud

As residents of one of the highest taxed states in the nation, Californians‌ have a right to expect the government they pay handsomely to provide the basic services their taxes fund. We‌ ‌‌expect‌ ‌that when‌ ‌we‌ ‌lose‌ ‌our‌ ‌job,‌ ‌the‌ ‌money‌ ‌we‌ ‌paid‌ ‌in‌ ‌unemployment‌ ‌insurance‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌available‌ ‌to‌ ‌sustain‌...

California Suspends 1.4 Million Virus Unemployment Claims

California has frozen 1.4 million unemployment claims as it battles fraud in its massive coronavirus unemployment relief program, it was reported Wednesday. The state Employment Development Department said it had examined existing claims from people who said they lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and found about 3.5 million...

Newsom Names New Unemployment Department Director After Claims Scandal

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday appointed Rita L. Saenz to oversee the state's unemployment benefits department, which has been overwhelmed by claims during the coronavirus pandemic and also has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in phony claims, including to prison inmates. Saenz, 71, will be director of the...

Walters: COVID-19 May Have Permanent Economic Impacts

When the state Employment Development Department released a new report on jobs this month, it had a tinge of optimism. California’s unemployment rate had dropped to 8.2% in November, exactly half of the record-high 16.4% recorded in the spring as the first wave of COVID-19 pummeled the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Who Will Pay for All of California’s Unemployment Fraud?

A 1-year-old in Fresno raking in $167 a week. An ex-state employee stealing $200,000 from California’s unemployment system, some by impersonating Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Another $1.2 million swindled by a rapper who bragged about it on YouTube, $1 billion drained in the name of state prisoners, and $2 billion in jobless benefits siphoned off state-issued debit cards. If doing the...

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