American Enterprise Institute

Labor Department Report Finds Pandemic Unemployment Program Had a Staggering 36 Percent Improper Payment Rate

On August 21, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited “improper payment report” on the troubled Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA was an unpreceden t ed federal ...
KTNV Las Vegas

COVID-19 proved Nevada's unemployment system is broken, former Gov. Steve Sisolak says

Sisolak helmed the COVID-19 crisis when tens of thousands of Nevadans desperately sought unemployment aid. Tricia Kean follows up with him to better understand how the system failed so many. LAS VEGAS ...
News9

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is one of three federally funded programs introduced by the CARES Act. This program has a very specific aim: providing emergency unemployment ...
American Enterprise Institute

New Report Details Lessons from Massive Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

A new report (“Examining Widespread Fraud in Pandemic Unemployment Relief Programs”) authored by the majority staff of the US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability spotlights the massive ...
CNN

Strong economic growth but high unemployment: a look at Nevada’s economy

The Silver State is in the spotlight this month thanks to the GOP-run presidential caucuses and primary and Super Bowl LVIII. Nevada’s unemployment rate remains the highest in the nation, at 5.4% as ...