WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday decisively approved an extension of unemployment benefits for almost 2 million people out of work nearly a year or more as the U.S. continues to lose jobs. The ...

Gov. Mark Dayton and 15 other Democratic governors sent a letter to congressional leaders today urging them to extend unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of this year. The ...

The federal program that provided extended unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployment benefit during the recession is about to run out. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program ...

As of this past December, just under 7% of Americans are unemployed. While economists see this jobless percentage as well within expected limits, this is little consolation to the more than 4 million ...