Unemployment insurance

Last week, 217,000 people filed new claims for unemployment insurance. Back in the summer and early fall, that number spiked as high as 260,000.

There's already unemployment insurance. But new research makes the case for wage insurance as further protection for workers.

Recent data indicates some cooling of the job market, but the real number of people laid off may be higher.

The report says decades of underinvestment in personnel and technology have led to weaknesses that were exposed during the pandemic, when there was high demand for benefits.

Some crash, others don’t work on mobile devices. In some states, workers have to wait to receive new passwords by mail to access their accounts.

What business owners are seeing, plus a look at unemployment and job search data.

More people are relying on gig work, which puts a lot of risk on the workers themselves.

Making the unemployment system a federal program could help reduce some of the huge racial disparities that currently exist.

But it doesn't account for those who've stopped looking for work.

Congress was able to pass the CARES Act quickly, but its benefits expire Dec. 26. Will they be extended?