The unemployment compensation system in the United States operates as a joint federal-state program. Unlike a direct federal unemployment program, the federal government supports states in funding and ...

So far this year, 25 states have ended the Extended Benefits program. That program made sure people out of work for long periods of time continued receiving financial assistance. But there was a catch ...

More than 50,000 jobless Ohioans will be among the first fall over the fiscal cliff if Congress does not include an extension of long-term unemployment benefits as part of any compromise. Today is the ...