(Natural News) States that opted out of the federal government’s pandemic unemployment benefits program in June saw an increase in their job numbers. According to the Daily Caller, these mostly Republican states experienced a 33 percent drop in new jobless claims compared to the roughly 4 percent drop in states that did not. Stagnating job […]

(Natural News) Roughly three weeks after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order that lifted mask mandates and allowed most businesses to reopen to full capacity, the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) positivity rate in the state continues to drop. “Today the 7-day Covid positivity rate dropped to a new recorded low: 4.95%. Hospitalizations dropped to […]

(Natural News) Bank of America (BofA) pointed out potential unemployment benefits fraud in California, spread out across 640,000 accounts with suspicious activity. A BofA official said red flags they found include claims filed in the names of infants, children and centenarians, along with individuals living in other states. The bank called for an investigation of […]

(Natural News) Business activity and labor markets in both the U.S. and abroad suffered a little less in May than in previous months, offering signs that the economic damage from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is easing but will require some time to fully recover. Despite the cautious reopening of many economies around the world, […]

(Natural News) Officials in the state of Washington have acknowledged the loss of “hundreds of millions of dollars” to an international scheme that hammered the state’s unemployment insurance system. The attack, which is thought to have originated in Nigeria, could mean even longer delays for thousands of unemployed workers still waiting for legitimate benefits. The […]

(Natural News) With millions of Americans filing for unemployment benefits as the COVID-19 pandemic decimates the economy, states have come under increasing pressure to find the money to pay these claims. As reported by CBS Sacramento, California has become the first state to borrow from the federal government to meet these demands, with the Employment […]