For many Americans who've lost work during the coronavirus pandemic, the $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost has been a lifeline. Tens of millions of Americans, perhaps more than 20 million ...

The three temporary federal pandemic unemployment programs provided benefits to a wider range of people, plus a longer ...

This Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, provides up to 39 weeks of benefits to qualifying individuals who are unable to work due to COVID-19. Additionally, the extra $600 weekly payment ...

Gov. Roy Cooper said Republican legislators passed a bill that "actually took money away from western North Carolina." ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Wednesday to increase unemployment benefits for workers who are ...

It took that long," he said. "The last time we had an unemployment benefit exceeding $600 a week" — when the federal government provided a supplemental benefit early in the pandemic — "we saw ...

Higher unemployment benefits and more time to receive ... the maximum weekly payment from $362 currently to more than $600 by 2028. It would also increase the number of weeks someone could take ...