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POLITICO Get the POLITICO Nightly newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by WILL YOU NEED ONE EXTRA SCHOOL SUPPLY? At least nine states — Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Vermont — have banned school districts from requiring masks in schools, according to ...

Possible reasons for the miss include too-generous unemployment benefits and temporary layoffs. Experts say a labor shortage isn't necessarily the main issue, and the news may not be as bad as it seems. Economists thought that the economy would add a whole lot of jobs — about a million, to be exact — in April. Friday's job reports turned that thinking upside down with a big surprise: The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, falling significantly short of expectations. In fact, unemployment even went up. It's a twist that left economists and economy journalists alike befuddled. It was e...

Montana to cease federal unemployment benefits in response to 'workforce shortage' Jake Dima © Provided by Washington Examiner Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on Tuesday that his state will be opting out of coronavirus-related federal unemployment benefits amid a "workforce shortage" in a variety of industries. Starting on June 27, Montana will no longer "participate in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program," the state will stop "issuing supplemental $300 weekly payments," and the government will no longer partake in the Mixed Earner Unemployment ...

Spencer Platt/Getty Images The New York Times reported on four reasons that might account for that disconnect. These include jobless benefits disincentivizing people to work and pandemic health concerns. The pandemic cost millions of Americans their jobs, and while the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 9.7 million of them are actively seeking work, businesses are reporting significant labor shortages.  Weekly jobless claims are at a pandemic-era low just this past Thursday, but businesses, particularly in the restaurant and service industries, are still stru...