PITTSBURGH — 11 Investigates told you about the gap in pandemic unemployment benefits several weeks ago. Payments stopped in late December even though Congress passed an extension. The state couldn’t ...

The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...

The $900 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress this week extends the CARES Act's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program by at least 11 weeks into March 2021. But it also adds a new verification ...

Selina Smedley said she was expecting to have jobless aid through early September, a $300 weekly boost that has been helping her get by while her Dallas-area cleaning business remains far below ...

Initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, fell sharply last week. Half the number of self-employed and gig workers applied for unemployment benefits, according to the Labor ...

That’s Rich! Having exhausted every last dime I had, we borrowed money from my 70-year-old mother-in-law to get an apartment for my daughters along with my wife and I. I have been homeschooling ...

Update: On Saturday the Department of Labor and Industry announced that extended unemployment benefits for self-employed Pennsylvanians would resumed the week of January 24. These are payments for PUA ...

Wisconsin is launching an expansion of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, making more Wisconsinites eligible for benefits after an initial denial. The Department of Workforce Development ...