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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week dropped to a fresh one-year low, suggesting layoffs were subsiding as a reopening economy unleashes pent-up demand. Fred Katayama reports. Montana will opt out of several federal programs that helped boost unemployment payments at the same time it offers $1,200 one-time payments to those starting new jobs. It’s an attempt to both incentivize and push the roughly 10,000 people the state estimates are still out of ...

May 3, 2021 State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories. Here is a summary of some of the recent coverage: UW will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for research focused on expanding and transforming the use of coal to produce coal-based products using carbon ore, rare earth elements and critical minerals. Oil City News and County 10 published UW’s release. Green Car Congress, World Coa...

Montana State News Bureau Chief Holly Michels summarizes the days news from Helena following the end of the 2021 Montana legislative session. Montana will opt out of several federal programs that helped boost unemployment payments at the same time it offers $1,200 one-time payments to those starting new jobs. It’s an attempt to both incentivize and push the roughly 10,000 people the state estimates are still out of work because of the pandemic, and help employers who are desperate to find ...

Judge orders state to turn over information about unemployment claims; one of... Judge orders state to turn over information about unemployment claims; one of two losses Tuesday for Workforce Services Circuit Judge Patricia James Tuesday ruled in favor of Legal Aid of Arkansas in its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to dislodge information from the Arkansas Workforce Services Division about its slow-walking of unemployment benefit claims. Legal Aid sued after four months of trying ...

January 27, 20219:12 am We’ve reported several times, with ensuing flourishing forums by frustrated applicants (841 comments on this particular item), about the state’s progress in getting federally authorized assistance programs underway for those left jobless by the pandemic. KTHV did further reporting on the subject yesterday. As luck has it, I received a comprehensive rundown on the various unemployment programs late yesterday from Alisha Curtis, spokesperson for the Arkansas Commerce...

Unemployment rate unchanged in Arkansas in November Unemployment rate unchanged in Arkansas in November December 18, 20209:18 am The state Workforce Services Division said the unemployment rate in November was 6.2 percent, the same as in October. The civilian labor force declined by 2,925.