- 1.3 million set to lose jobless benefits, By Jennifer Liberto, December 11, 2013, CNNMoney: “It’s not looking good for 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers who were overlooked by a budget deal reached by key lawmakers late Tuesday. Federal unemployment benefits will expire on Dec. 28. And with the House scheduled to leave town for the year on Friday, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that Congress will agree to extend the recession-era program that fills the gap when state unemployment insurance runs out for workers who can’t find a job…”
- Jobless fear looming cutoff of benefits, by Annie Lowrey, December 12, 2013, New York Times: “Mary Helen Gillespie of Londonderry, N.H., is about to lose her last government lifeline. Since being laid off from a large banking firm in April, Ms. Gillespie, 57, has been living on little more than her unemployment insurance payments of $384 a week. She has burned through her savings and moved back in with her parents…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty