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In Monday’s White House press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki urged Congress to act on the American Rescue Plan, noting that 11 million stand to lose unemployment benefits on March 14. Psaki also said that nearly 1 million households on unemployment insurance report that their children aren’t eating enough, and 1.5 million or more are behind on their...

President Donald Trump has signed into law a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal.

Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans are set to lapse at midnight unless President Donald Trump signs an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his objections

With the need for unemployment assistance sky high during the coronavirus crisis, a first of a lifetime need for so many, NBC Connecticut doesn’t want you or your loved ones to be surprised by what you could owe in April.

Tax season may be months away, but like most things this year the 2020 filing season is going to hit differently for many people.

The governor signed an executive order Friday to allow thousands of Connecticut residents who were collecting less than $100 per week in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the end of July to the beginning of September to be eligible for an additional $300 per week in federal benefits. The order will allow them to collect retroactively for that…

The governor is signing an executive order to allow thousands of Connecticut residents who were collecting less than $100 per week in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the end of July to the beginning of September to be eligible for an additional $300 per week in federal benefits. The order would allow them to collect retroactively for that six-week span.

Riley Behrens was a healthy 23-year-old until he caught COVID-19. Now he is recovering from a mini-stroke that resulted from complications from the virus. He joined LX News to share his story and warn other young people to take the virus seriously.

Peter J. Pitts, a former Food and Drug Administration associate commissioner, and current president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest joined NBCLX and debunked many of the fears people have expressed about taking a COVID-19 vaccine.

California sent about $400 million in fraudulent unemployment benefit payments to state prisoners, a state official said Tuesday, nearly triple the amount disclosed last week and a number that could grow as a criminal investigation continues.

The state Department of Labor reports it has now received more than one million applications for unemployment benefits since mid-March.  “I think the number is shocking whenever you hear it,” said Frederick McKinney, a Quinnipiac University business professor. “You have to remember this decline in economic activity has been the greatest decline in economic activity since the Great Depression.”...

The state Department of Labor reports it has now received more than one million applications for unemployment benefits since mid-March.

The state announced Wednesday that it will expand a program designed to allow companies to reduce the hours of employees while allowing those employees to apply for partial unemployment benefits to make up for the lost wages.

The grant funding will allow Connecticut to provide an additional $300 per week to those who became unemployed due to COVID-19, on top of their regular unemployment benefit.

Some Connecticut residents say they’ve depending on an extra federal weekly unemployment benefit to help pay bills during the pandemic.