Texans receiving unemployment could be eligible for a total of 52 weeks of benefits - double the typical amount of time aid is available - as the state triggered an extended benefits period, according ...

Congress and President Donald Trump have little time and even fewer options to reach a funding deal to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown, which would disrupt U.S. government services and ...

Over 110,000 federal employees in Georgia could be impacted by the government shutdown. Furloughed workers in Georgia may be eligible to apply for state unemployment benefits. A 2019 federal law ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There are thousands of federal workers who live in Ohio, and some of them may qualify for unemployment benefits if the federal shutdown is prolonged. There are approximately 83,000 ...

The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan. During a shutdown, non-essential government services close and hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...

CAN FILE FOR BENEFITS TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH. ON DAY NINE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THE STATE OFFICE THAT HANDLES UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SAYS ONLY A HANDFUL OF FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS HAVE ...