Former Gannett CEO Battling Ostentatious Display Of Wealth Next Door
WASHINGTON -- The golden parachute CEO of a giant media company is battling the construction of a new mansion in his wealthy Washington, D.C. suburb....
Obama Administration Unveils Plan To Let States Experiment With Unemployment Insurance
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday invited states to try out new unemployment insurance schemes that would allow businesses to take on new workers...
Obama Administration Pushes Workplace Drug Testing, But Not For Everybody
WASHINGTON -- The government wants businesses to drug test their workers to boost productivity and reduce health care costs, according to the 2012 National Drug...
Obama Administration Pushes Workplace Drug Testing, But Not For Everybody
WASHINGTON -- The government wants businesses to drug test their workers to boost productivity and reduce health care costs, according to the 2012 National Drug...
Republican Bill Would Deny Benefits To Workers Fired For Off-The-Job Misconduct
A Missouri Republican wants to broaden the definition of on-the-job misconduct in order to help employers fight bogus unemployment claims. Missouri state Sen. Will Kraus...
Elected Office As An Escape From Unemployment
Out of work for eight months, Carol Murchie sought a novel escape from unemployment: elected office. Murchie, 54, lost her job as an archivist for...
The Supreme Court’s Bridge To Nowhere?
Alan Sorkowitz of Tucson, Ariz., had been planning a road trip to see family this summer, but now that it seems the Supreme Court might...
Businesses Stick Up For The Jobless — Against Lawmakers
Arizona's business community has mobilized against an effort in the state legislature to make jobless Arizonans pee in cups in order to receive unemployment insurance....
The Indignity Of A Layoff After Decades Of Hard Work
Linda Hall of Spokane, Wash. has worked hard all her life but hasn't earned any respect from the labor market. Laid off for the first...
Paul Ryan Wants ‘Welfare Reform Round 2′
Congressional Republicans' budget guru said Tuesday that he wants Congress to overhaul food stamps and other safety net programs in the way welfare was reformed...
Unemployed To Lose Benefits In Several States
WASHINGTON -- People receiving long-term unemployment insurance will get fewer weeks of benefits as a federal program is phased out early next month in several...
OOPS! Jobless Drug Test Bill Would Trigger Huge Tax Hike
WASHINGTON -- Congress told states in February that they could make unemployed people pass drug tests in order to qualify for benefits. Arizona lawmakers are...
