U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in January after robust gains in the prior two months, but a 4.0% unemployment rate ...

Federal employees can collect unemployment benefits under specific conditions. Learn how to apply and claim your unemployment ...

In December, unemployment throughout Washington state, including in Lewis County, dropped slightly to 4.5%, according to the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD). The agency reported ...

Hundreds of people marched in Olympia today, then rallied on the steps of the state Capitol to demand access to healthcare ...

Lawmakers are said to be working on a bill to block the Chinese chatbot app from government devices, underscoring concerns ...

More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and there are still relatively few layoffs. U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose by 11,000 to ...

Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state’s long struggling job market. “I'm a small business owner myself and I know that ...

THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT CALL CENTER. ONE DAY, AFTER A REPORT BY OUR BEN SIMMONEAU SHOWED HOW THE STATE HOTLINE JUST KEPT HANGING UP ON MOST CALLERS. VIEWERS. BOY, DID THEY EMAIL BEN.

On the sidelines of last month’s World Economic Forum, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa casually declared he is “not ...

Washington has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.

The Supreme Court took more religious rights cases in recent years than it heard in the previous two decades. Is it eroding ...

High-income earners, retirees and the wealthy have the most to gain from no state income tax, local experts said. Low and middle class people feel more of the burden from sales and property taxes and ...