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Lawyers to take over jobless-benefit appeals in Florida
Beginning next year, the state will change the way unemployment appeals are handled by requiring that hearing officers be lawyers. Currently, appeals referees do not have to be attorneys. They are Department of Economic Opportunity staff members trained...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Rick Scott, Employment
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Wall St. bucks global slump
NEW YORK — After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe. It all started in Asia. Weak manufacturing data out of China pointed to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Credit Ratings, Nikkei, Money and Monetary Policy, Ben Bernanke
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Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment
MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING 8 charged in alleged high-grade pot ring in Pa. NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say they've broken up a multimillion-dollar drug ring that trafficked in high-grade marijuana. Montgomery County...Tags: Crimes, U.S. Military, Lackawanna County, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Accidental Death
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Maine governor moves out of State House office over TV screen dispute with lawmakers
Associated PressAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Freedom of the Press, Government, Justice and Rights, Business
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Florida pays off unemployment trust fund loan from federal government
Florida made its final Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund payment to the federal government this week, repaying a total of $3.5 billion that the state borrowed during the great recession, the Florida Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday. Florida...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Employment, Broward County, Unemployment
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Florida pays off federal loan for jobless benefits
Florida officials this week finished paying back about $3.5 billion the state had borrowed from the federal government to make unemployment payments during the worst of the recession. It was one of 36 states forced to borrow the money from the feds to...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Rick Scott, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Japan market plunge sparks global sell-off; U.S. stocks dip, rebound
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Wall Street followed Europe in a broad sell-off following a 7.3% overnight plunge in Japan's stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 107.1 points, or 0.7%, to 15,200.07 shortly after the opening bell in New York. The broader Standard &...Tags: NASDAQ, Nikkei, Ben Bernanke, Stock Market, Japan
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Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike
WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities
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Latest Pennsylvania business
EARNS-AMERICAN EAGLE American Eagle's 1Q profit tops expectations PITTSBURGH (AP) — American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated reported a drop in its fiscal first-quarter profit because of falling sales and some special charges during the period,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), University of Pittsburgh
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Long-Term Unemployed Will Have Checks Sliced By Almost 20 Percent
The Hartford CourantBy the end of the month, more than 30,000 people who are collecting Connecticut unemployment benefits will have their weekly checks cut by nearly 20 percent. Only people who have been collecting for more than 26 weeks will face the cuts, because weeks 27...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Sharon, Connecticut Labor Markets, Unemployment, Dannel P. Malloy
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Regional Authority, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Pa. auditor general tells 67 employees they will be laid off in June, citing budget pressure
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dozens of employees of the Pennsylvania auditor general's office are in line to be laid off because of budget cuts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/183PehE ) that the affected workers have been...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Job Layoffs, Employees, Unemployment
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