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Unemployment Insurance Reform

Rising Unemployment Highlights Need for Federal Expansion of Unemployment Insurance Funds

Nathan Newman on October 24, 2008 - 12:00pm
While the financial crisis has received more of the headlines, there has been a growing unemployment crisis over the last year.  With unemployment at a five-year high, nearly 10 million Americans were officially unemployed last month, with nearly 500,000 workers applying for benefits each week.  And the problem doesn't stop there, with long-term joblessness rising:

State Pension Funds to be Invested in State Job Creation in Florida

PSN on June 5, 2008 - 9:41am
State Pension Funds to be Invested in State Job Creation in Florida

Averting Layoffs and Revitalizing the Manufacturing Economy: Lessons from the Great Lakes States

Nathan Newman on May 5, 2008 - 11:00am
As the country enters into a recession and suffers increasing job losses, the Great Lakes Region is facing a particularly acute crisis. Literally millions of decent-paying manufacturing jobs have disappeared from the region in recent years.  How regional political leaders are responding to that crisis provides lessons for state policymakers across the country.