Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

Labor Department missed chance to recover $760 million in overpaid unemployment, audit says

Maryland overpaid $807.4 million in unemployment benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic and missed the opportunity to recover ...
The Daily Mining Gazette

Unemployment benefits go up Thursday

The maximum weekly rate for unemployment benefits is scheduled to increase beginning Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, to $530, up from ...
Oklahoma's News

These 25 states are ending $300 federal unemployment benefits, Oklahoma is one of them

Since the American Rescue Plan passed in March, the federal government has authorized an extra $300 each week in unemployment money — on top of regular state unemployment benefits. The additional ...

Controversial jobless pay changes pass divided Assembly committee

This report has been updated A bill that would boost Wisconsin’s top weekly jobless pay while penalizing people who receive ...
WKYT

Good Question: Could government workers collect unemployment during the shutdown?

(WKYT) — For today’s Good Question, Cheryl asks: Did the government workers get to draw unemployment during the shutdown? Some of them could. The Office of Personnel Management says it depends on ...