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Posts tagged Eugene Scalia
Is Restaurants Act on menu for COVID relief?
‘It’s a bloodbath, and it’s getting worse’ as restaurants, bars across country face a dreadful winter in pandemic
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Ted CoxRestaurants Act, Rick Bayless, Casey Cora, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Heroes Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Earl Blumenauer, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Mike Quigley, National Restaurant Association, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Chicago Independent Venues League, CIVL, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, Eugene Scalia
U.S. unemployment rate trimmed to 7.9 percent
But that’s still highest jobless mark before an election since formal records began in 1948
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Jobless claims drop — or do they?
Trump administration alters methodology as filings definitely decline in Illinois
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Ted CoxU.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rate, Illinois Unemployment, IDES, Donald Trump, Eugene Scalia, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Unemployment, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID Unemployment, Heidi Shierholz, Gregory Daco, Oxford Economics
Jobs added, jobs lost in pandemic
June unemployment rate drops to 11.1 percent, but another 1.4 million file for benefits
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rate, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment Rate, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Eugene Scalia
U.S. COVID-19 job losses hit 30M
Illinois claims drop below 100,000 for the week as another 3.8 million file for benefits nationwide
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Ted CoxU.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, IDES, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, U.S. Department of Labor, Eugene Scalia, Kevin Hassett
Another 4.4M file for unemployment
Illinois claims drop to just over 100k, but over last five weeks more than 25M have lost jobs nationally
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Ted CoxU.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, IDES, Eugene Scalia, Dan Hynes, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19
Another 5.2M file for unemployment
Illinois jobless claims drop to 141k, 60k less than last week, but 22M have filed nationally over the last month
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Duckworth, Durbin urge benefits for gig workers
Senators call out labor secretary for ‘narrow, ambiguous’ interpretation of COVID-19 relief bills
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Eugene Scalia, U.S. Department of Labor, Gig Workers, 1099 Workers, Antonin Scalia
Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' on 'bending curve'
Pope Francis backs Universal Basic Income, as Trump administration pulls back on unemployment for gig workers
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pope Francis, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Andrew Yang, Eugene Scalia, Jordan Abudayyeh, Ngozi Ezike, Greg Harris, Jan Schakowsky
Unemployment claims double last week's record: 6.6 million
Job losses spread from service industries to retail, manufacturing
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COVID-19 unemployment claims bust old record
Almost 3.3 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment last week, blasting past the old record of 700,000 set in 1982
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Eugene Scalia, IDES
