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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Not every federal employee who is going without pay because of the government shutdown can draw on state unemployment insurance benefits to cover the gap.

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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Are furloughed federal employees unable access unemployment benefits? Here is the response KOB 4 received from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions when we asked that ...

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 ...

Texans receiving unemployment could be eligible for a total of 52 weeks of benefits - double the typical amount of time aid is available - as the state triggered an extended benefits period, according ...

Unemployment claims from former federal workers haven risen more in California than almost any state in the country, a new analysis by the Century Foundation said Friday. The federal shutdown began ...

As the government shutdown reaches its 16th day, questions and fears continue to stir as the future remains unclear. For some federal workers, the 16th day of the shutdown is also the 16th day of ...

Unemployment claims from former federal workers haven risen more in California than almost any state in the country, a new analysis by the Century Foundation said Friday. The federal shutdown began ...