1. Jobless North Carolinians who have lost their unemployment benefits could begin to see retroactive payments as early as next week. Last week, Congress passed a bill voting to extend the benefits for those who have been unemployed for more than six months.
    The Franklin Press - 17 minutes ago
  2. Extended unemployment benefits sent out
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Jul 29 03:03pm
  3. New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 02:37pm
  4. State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced today that federal extended unemployment insurance benefits are now being paid to 90,994 jobless Georgians. The benefits were enacted by Congress and signed by the President last Thursday, July 22. The law extends the qualifying time for eligible recipients from June 2 through Nov. 30. The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) transmitted benefit ...
    The Fayette Citizen - Jul 29 12:12pm
  5. A random sampling of some responses to a Sunday story on expiring unemployment benefits  : -- Owner of a temporary staffing agency says some prospects just aren't interested; they'd rather pick up unemployment checks. --  AWI officials want to stress that the May deadlines to qualify for the next unemployment tiers are federal deadlines, not state-imposed. They are merely the enforcer ...
    St. Petersburg Times - Jul 28 06:18am
  6. After delays lasting more than a month, Congress has acted to extend the deadline to apply for Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), restoring benefits for thousands of unemployed Kansans.
    WIBW Topeka - Jul 29 09:33pm
  7. LAWRENCEVILLE — Federal unemployment insurance benefits are now being paid to 90,994 jobless Georgians, state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced Thursday.
    Gwinnett Daily Post - Jul 29 08:43pm
  8. WASHINGTON - NEW US claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labour market recovery was having trouble gaining traction. Initial claims for state unemployment aid dropped 11,000 to 457,000, the Labour Department said on Thursday. The latest figure was a touch more than the drop to 459,000 that economists polled by Reuters had ...
    Straits Times - Jul 29 06:17pm
  9. Out of work Georgians will soon be getting their unemployment checks. Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said Thursday that federal extended unemployment insurance benefits are now being paid to more than 90,000 jobless Georgians.
    WTVC Chattanooga - Jul 29 02:54pm
  10. New US claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labour market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.
    Business Standard India - Jul 29 08:53pm