With $600 weekly benefits scheduled to end in the next few days, millions of unemployed Americans are devastated and are looking for ways to meet their needs in a crisis. To add more, some states are reinstating work search requirements, making it hard to qualify for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. States have the wo.... Read more »
The Missouri unemployment rate dropped for the first time in this year. The statistics say that Missouri's jobless rate was 9.4 percent in April, down from 9.5 percent in March but still higher than the 9.1 percent rate of April 2009. The state's April rate was lower than the national rate of 9.9 percent, which increased 0.2 percent from the month before. The state's total work force was 2.67 mill.... Read more »