unemployment

Lawmakers hope to streamline the process to reduce the amount of work the state has to do to give claimants their money. On Tuesday, Indiana’s House passed House Bill 1451 to simplify the process for Hoosiers receiving unemployment compensation. Though, it wouldn’t change the application process.

A new bill easing some of last year’s changes to Kentucky unemployment system passed out of a legislative committee.

Gov. Andy Beshear plans to merge the state’s Labor Cabinet and Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Labor Cabinet officials are trying to improve the state's outdated unemployment system as they wait two years for a new one.

Kentucky’s economy has largely weathered the coronavirus pandemic, though the number of people working is still far below pre-virus levels.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration might partner with the federal government to build a new unemployment insurance system.

An analysis by the Ohio Valley ReSource showed that roughly 488,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia have lost supplemental unemployment payments after…

Republican lawmakers clashed with officials from Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration over the state's unemployment problems.

According to state records, there are still 122,578 pending unemployment claims filed since March 2020.

GOP governors are moving to end a $300-a-week pandemic lifeline for the unemployed in a controversial effort to push people back to work.