Former Georgia Rep. Karen Bennett has pleaded guilty to lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 ...

Maryland is under public pressure after a state audit and a series of federal indictments exposed widespread fraud in its ...

Kentucky's unemployment system, which relies on computer software dating back to the 1970s, struggled to handle the surge in ...

Labor Secretary Portia Wu explains why hundreds of thousands of unemployment overpayment notices were issued in December for claims dating back to the pandemic.

Long-term claimants of employment and support allowance could be moved over to a new, time-limited disability benefit – ...

For the first time since 2020, the federal government is expected to enforce repayments for borrowers who have reached the maximum missed payments all while Black unemployment reaches 8.3 percent.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's office recently tasked one of his attorneys with taking calls and checking on claims for people ...

Labor Secretary Wu says state has taken action to improve oversight, but places a majority of blame on Hogan administration ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia House member pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

A Polk County court found Gov. Kim Reynolds did not violate the law by ending COVID-expanded unemployment benefits early in 2021.

The act also increased the maximum amount of time a person can collect unemployment benefits, from 20 weeks to 26 weeks.

A Maryland woman says she got a letter telling her she received unemployment and was overpaid, but there was a problem: She ...