Report: State’s unemployment cuts cost up to $6,118 per person, By Maureen Groppe, June 2, 2015, Lansing State Journal: “Michiganders who are out of work more than 20 weeks could lose as much as $6,118 in unemployment insurance benefits because of program cuts the state made four years ago, according to a federal report. Michigan was the first state in 2011 to reduce the maximum time the unemployed could receive state-funded benefits. Eight other states followed suit…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty