#unemployment-benefits

#unemployment-benefits

But anyone, regardless of their housing status, may use free Wi-Fi at libraries, even after hours.A common example, McPeak said, is when students without enough bandwidth at home study from cars in library parking lots."Throughout the pandemic, library parking lot Wi-Fi has provided a critical baseline connectivity.

Media coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's all-but-announced candidacy for president is already in full frenzy, and so far the script is exactly as his handlers would like it to be.The governor regularly opens up new fronts in the culture wars, sowing alarm over critical race theory, transgender rights, or border policies.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law state Senator Zellnor Myrie's "COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act", which increases penalties for white collar crimes committed in connection with COVID-19.The bill, which was both written and sponsored by Myrie, increases the civil financial penalties for fraudulent white collar crimes, specifically - according to the bill - "fraud in connection with an abnormal disruption of the market."

Rep. George Santos has named himself the treasurer of his campaign committee, marking the latest twist in a monthslong saga over puzzling filings his campaign has made with federal regulators.The new filing, made late Friday afternoon with the Federal Election Commission, comes a little more than a week after federal prosecutors unveiled a 13-count criminal indictment, charging the New York Republican with wire fraud, fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 unemployment benefits and lying about his personal finances on forms he submitted to the US House of Representatives as a candidate.

President Joe Biden will nominate Julie Su to serve as labor secretary, the White House confirmed on Tuesday, which would make her the first Asian American to serve in a secretary-level role in Biden's Cabinet.Su, who has served as the deputy labor secretary since 2021, would replace Marty Walsh, who is departing the administration next month for a job atop the National Hockey League Players Association.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he wants the House Ethics Committee to move rapidly on its investigation of Rep. George Santos after Democrats pushed to force a vote to expel the embattled congressman.McCarthy's announcement came shortly after Democrats tried to put House Republicans on the spot by forcing the chamber to vote on the expulsion resolution later this week.

President Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be his next Labor secretary, setting up the former California labor chief to become the first Asian American to run a Cabinet department during his presidency.Su, who has served as deputy U.S. Labor secretary since 2021, was confirmed by the Senate for her current post on a party-line vote of 50 to 47, and could face another tough confirmation fight.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly gave a final, bipartisan push Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail on bail.The measure will now go before voters to be ratified in the statewide April 4 election.Its passage in the Assembly by a 74-23 vote marks the culmination of a push by Republican lawmakers to speed the amendment before voters.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed into law a measure that officials say will eliminate a $1.8 billion debt in the pandemic-battered account that pays out unemployment benefits.An unexpected surge in revenue fuels the plan, with $1.36 billion paying off a federal loan distributed to Illinois and numerous other states when the coronavirus pandemic shut down businesses and sent unemployment rates to 40-year highs.

LAS VEGAS  Carlos Padilla walked to his pickup truck with a shoulder bag full of campaign literature and an agenda for shaping the future of the country.It was 20 days before the midterm elections, and Mr. Padilla, a pastry chef, was on his way out of the headquarters of the Culinary Workers Union 226.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A cold-blooded killer has been jailed for at least 35 years for murdering a vulnerable older woman, plundering her wealth and hiding her body in a graveyard for 15 months.

A parasitic fraudster has been found guilty of killing a vulnerable older woman and hiding her body in a graveyard in a plot to plunder her money.Serkan Kaygusuz, 42, conned and cajoled 70-year-old Norma Girolami out of her wealth after flirting with her in the hot tub of swimming baths in Archway, north London, in 2017.

A pint of Punk IPA beer would cost 27.50 if prices were put up in line with soaring energy bills, a brewery and pub chain boss claims.BrewDog CEO James Watt also claimed that a burger and fries would set back diners about 48.75 if prices matched those of rising energy costs.Posting to LinkedIn, Mr Watt warned that chancellor Jeremy Hunt would only make the situation worse when he rows back support for business energy bills from April.

Germany's socially liberal government is moving ahead with plans to ease the rules for obtaining citizenship in the European Union's most populous country, a drive that is being assailed by the conservative opposition.Chancellor OIaf Scholz said in a video message Saturday that Germany has long since become the country of hope for many, and it's a good thing when people who have put down roots in the country decide to take citizenship.

The massive inflation and double-digit mortgage rates of the 1970s and early 1980s seem to haunt the Federal Reserve, which wants to cool the economy and even provoke a job-loss recession to avoid that scenario.But the latest Consumer Price Index inflation report shows how the fear of 1970s-style inflation is wildly overblown.

The spring housing market music is playing, and purchase application data and active listing inventory rose together last week.The fear of not having an increase in inventory this spring should be put to rest.The other focus should be where mortgage rates go; only a little happened last week.Here's a quick rundown of the last week:

Active listing rose 8,260 week to week, down a bit from last week's gain, but I'm not complaining - anything on the plus side is positive.

Charges we're just hearing about
Santos is now accused of fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits.The congressman applied for and received more than $24,000 in unemployment benefits even though he was employed as a regional director of a Florida-based investment firm, where he earned an annual salary of $120,000, according to prosecutors.

The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed 13 federal charges against Rep. George Santos including fraud related to Covid-related unemployment benefits and using campaign funds for luxury clothing and the New York Republican is in custody.Santos has been charged on seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.

A woman serving life in prison for murder admitted Wednesday that she played a leading role in a scam by inmates and others to use stolen identities to secure state unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.Natalie Le DeMola, 38, pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud.

A server at San Jose's Karimi Restaurant is suing his employer and accusing them of threatening deportation and forcing him to house two other employees at his apartment, the Mercury News reports.The lawsuit also alleges the employee was underpaid by $80,000 during the almost four years he worked at the restaurant and that the owner threatened to "destroy him and his family."

A former San Jose restaurant worker has filed a lawsuit accusing his previous boss of forcing him to house two fellow employees in his small one-bedroom apartment, threatening to get him deported and saying he would "destroy him and his family" for disobedience.Afwan Mohammed claims his boss's actions left him with panic attacks, dreams that someone was suffocating him, and "severe depression and anxiety" that put him in the hospital for a week under medication.

How much is just enough to get by?According to new research, it is 120 a week.After housing costs, that is the bare minimum required for an unemployed single adult in the UK to eat regularly, heat their home, have the odd shower, take the odd bus trip, use a mobile phone, and, well, not do too much else.

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell the latest evidence that the Fed's series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy.Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose 5 per cent last month from a year earlier, down from a 5.5 per cent year-over-year increase in November.

Local George Rodrique said his religious beliefs require him to avoid "polluting" his body with foreign substances.A former WCVB videographer has filed a lawsuit against the station's parent company after it allegedly denied his request for a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination and terminated him last year.

In 2023, I hope newsrooms understand why audiences are tuning us out and try to do something about it besides stoking another  Trump bump.Journalism today is still executed largely like the journalism of yesterday, from tone to format to process.News is defined by conflict, stories boiled down to two warring sides, presented by a distant, omniscient narrator in order of most important to least important information.

picture alliance / Getty Images The controversial facial recognition firm hired by the US government during the height of the pandemic is being slammed by members of Congress, who say the company misrepresented how its technology works and downplayed excessive wait times which stopped Americans from collecting unemployment benefits.

3 minutes ago3 minutes ago German lawmakers have voted to replace the Hartz IV" social safety net with a new proposal from the ruling center-left coalition containing more benefits.The German parliament on Thursday approved the so-called "Burgergeld" social welfare program for unemployment benefits.