The ongoing government shutdown in the U.S. is causing significant disruptions across various federal programs, with the ...

Federal workers who become furloughed or lose their jobs as a result of the federal shutdown, now reaching nearly 10 days, are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits from the state. "Anyone can ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the $600 weekly federal unemployment payments are set to end, tens of thousands of North Carolinians are anxious about an uncertain future. "It's been a lifeline for me.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, cosponsored a bill today that would extend unemployment insurance by 14 weeks for all jobless Americans. Nearly 2 million out-of-work Americans face expiring benfits by the ...

The recent surge in the state's jobless rate has made about 40,000 North Carolinians eligible for extended unemployment benefits. The N.C. Employment Security Commission said today that those ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- More than 1.2 million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state Department of Commerce Division of Employment ...