Senate leader Phil Berger has said raising unemployment benefits is “something that we need to do,” though he did not commit ...

People who lose their jobs through no fault of their own would soon be eligible to receive hundreds or even thousands of dollars more in unemployment benefits, if a bill that's moving through the ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.

NORTH CAROLINA — The deadline for those hoping to apply for disaster unemployment assistance is Monday. According to WLOS in ...

North Carolina, as did most states, borrowed to pay federal extended unemployment benefits during the Great Recession of 2008 ...

March 10 is the deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Benefits are available in 39 WNC counties and Eastern ...

Representative Chuck Edwards has reintroduced the Unemployment Integrity (UI) Act to enforce stricter unemployment benefit criteria and combat fraud.

Robert Willett [email protected] Increasing the amount of unemployment benefits received bipartisan support in a North Carolina House committee on Tuesday, and the Senate leader also ...

Three states are proposing significant changes to their unemployment benefits, impacting qualification criteria, benefit amounts and economic strategies.

North Carolina has long had some of the stingiest unemployment benefits in the nation. Under normal cirumstances unemployment pays no more than $350 a week — often less, depending on the person ...