Several readers have asked if there is a connection between last week’s U.S. Senate enactment of a bill that will extend unemployment benefits by 20 weeks and the February  decision by the Missouri General Assembly to turn down federal stimulus jobs funds.

The…

A laid off New York attorney is learning the price of honesty.

Karin — who asked that her last name not be used — joined her boyfriend in St. Louis about six months ago after losing her job at a Big Apple law firm.

In an…

The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night  approved a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks to jobless workers in 25 states, including Illinois and Missouri. The measure, which will aid  displaced workers residing in states where the jobless rate has exceeded 8.5…

Following the instructions in the letter he received earlier this week, Harry Holtz of South St. Louis County has been calling the St. Louis office of the Missouri Division of Employment Security to discuss the extension of his jobless benefits.

The letter, sent to displaced workers…

Fourteen states are already unable to fund claims for unemployment insurance.   And with unemployment at a 25-year high, another 18 states are in danger of falling into the same trap.

To gauge the vulnerability of the 14 million jobless Americans the…

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder and other state Republicans Wednesday took aim at a federal stimulus plan they foresee as the first step toward a tax increase.

“The unemployment compensation fund was created as a safety net, not a way of life,” Kinder said…

After attending to the needs of  Wall Street fat cats, banking institutions and domestic automakers, Congress has finally turned its attention to the 3.1 million left jobless by the economic downturn.

According to a synopsis prepared by The New York Times, the…