May 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country. Continue Reading
May 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country.
The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment rates increased in only three states: Louisiana, Tennessee and North Dakota. Rates were unchanged in seven states. Continue Reading
March 30, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Unemployment numbers rise for fourth straight month in city.
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March 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic
North Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate among states in January, at 3.3 percent. It has benefited from an oil and gas boom. Nebraska had the second lowest at 3.8 percent, followed by South Dakota at 4.4 percent.
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March 14, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK Senate lawmakers on Thursday sent a bill to the House that would bar future locked out workers from receiving unemployment benefits.
After a rousing floor debate, the measure, under House Bill 1112, passed by a 32-14 vote. Continue Reading
March 12, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK Locked out employees would not receive unemployment benefits under an amendment added Monday to a state Job Service bill. Continue Reading
March 11, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
The unemployment rate dropped in February to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent the previous month, the lowest level in four years. Better yet, the U.S. economy added a robust 236,000 jobs, suggesting the economy can survive whatever Congress throws at it as lawmakers lurch from one budget crisis to the next. Continue Reading
February 26, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK The North Dakota Supreme Court, in a 3-2 decision released this afternoon, has ruled that locked-out American Crystal Sugar union workers in North Dakota are eligible for unemployment benefits. Continue Reading
January 31, 2013 in The Daily Republic
State law already requires that fraud offenders temporarily lose future eligibility for unemployment benefits and surrender the payments wrongly received.
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January 29, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK – After 31 years as a teacher, Sen.Phillip Murphy, D-Portland, said if he were locked out of his job “it would rock my world.” Continue Reading
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