Unemployment articles
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Nevada unemployment at 5.1% as initial claims decrease, DETR reports
Unemployment inched down across the state in March a month after Nevada gave up its highest-in-the-nation ranking to California in February.
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California unemployment fund 'insolvent' due to $55B fraud, businesses to pay
(The Center Square) - California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who was California’s Secretary of Labor during the COVID-19 era and oversaw the state’s fraudulent payments —...
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Arizona Mexican Mafia Members Indicted for Stealing Pandemic Unemployment Money
Thirty alleged members of the Arizona Mexican Mafia were indicted on Friday for their role in an alleged conspiracy to steal pandemic unemployment money. The Arizona Attorney General's office confirmed Friday that a state grand jury "returned a 50-count indictment against members and associates of the Arizona Mexican Mafia," with a total of 30 individual defendants.