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 ...

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 ...

Nevada’s unemployment ranks worst in the nation as the year comes to a close at 5.7%, compared with a national rate of 4.2%. Unemployment in Nevada edged 0.4 percentage points higher from a year ago.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada inmates are collecting millions of dollars in unemployment benefits while sitting in their cells, according to a state audit report released Thursday. It’s a problem that has ...

Nevada’s unemployment rate was worst in the nation for all of 2024, based on numbers released this week by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Nevada had the highest unemployment rate, 5.6%,” the ...

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 ...