WUSA 9News Now At 6pm February 7, 2012
high as 50%. account for the people who stopped looking for work. news that 130 current and former d.c. workers have been caught collecting unemployment checks while on the job is not sitting well. >> it seemed like everyone in government -- that's why programs, they have programs it help people get jobs. >> that cost tax pairs $840,000. sources say, 45 workers in the public school system collected illegal checks, many of them classroom teachers. three staffers to former d.c. councilman, harry thomas jr., collected unemployment checks while still on the job. after thomas resigned in ...