Unemployment benefits

Congress is working on a second stimulus bill meant to boost the economy as the coronavirus pandemic continues. If the second round of help includes more $1,200.00 checks in your mailbox, lawmakers hope that extra cash will get folks spending again. But Northeast Ohio experts say while the money would be helpful for families, it won’t prevent a stumbling economy from falling over the edge.

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, July 7:UA faculty take aim at athletics amid looming layoffsCleveland lawmaker tests positive for…

As Ohio opens for business again, many workers have qualms about returning to their jobs. Some Democrats are proposing a bill they say will protect...

1.2 million Ohioans have filed jobless claims since mid-March. And as Ohio’s businesses reopen, workers are concerned about the availability of child...

If the state went into a recession now, the unemployment compensation fund may not be able to pay laid-off workers for very long. But there’s been no…

The bill to change the way money is put into the fund the state uses to pay benefits to unemployed workers is taking another step forward this week. But…

After more than a year of negotiations, a fix to shore up the fund that Ohio uses to pay benefits to jobless workers is no closer to reality.For months,…

Talks are continuing on a bill to overhaul the fund set up to pay unemployment benefits to laid off workers. Republican Rep. Kirk Schuring of Canton says…

The Ohio House of Representatives is calling for a temporary measure to deal with the state’s flagging unemployment compensation fund.The new plan would…

A group of state lawmakers will be studying jobless benefits to come up with ideas for their colleagues to consider when they come back to work after the…