City Leadership to Hogan: Reinstate Federal Unemployment Boost
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott, City Council President Nick J. Mosby, and City Comptroller Bill Henry this morning sent a letter to Governor Larry Hogan urging him to reverse…
MD to Reinstate Work Requirement for Unemployment Benefits
Maryland is poised to return to its standard work-search requirements for unemployment benefits, suspended during the longterm pandemic. Amidst multiple changes to, and frustrations with, the unemployment insurance program, Maryland…
Maryland to End Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland will discontinue enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits and reinstate work search requirements on July 3. “Our health and economic recovery…
State Reopens Newly Extended Federal Unemployment Programs
Governor Hogan last week announced that the Maryland Department of Labor has started to accept claims and issue payments for federal unemployment insurance programs that were extended under the Continued…
Maryland Unemployment Rate Continues to Fall
Maryland gained 11,500 jobs in May and unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to The Daily Record: This…
Unemployment Issues Spark Debate During Legislative Briefing
Multiple issues with unemployment benefits - from the Governor's recent decision to withdraw from expanded federal benefit levels, to new frustrations with recipient access - fueled a two-hour meeting of…
MD Unemployment Claims Soar in Past Week
According to data from the Maryland Department of Labor, unemployment insurance claims in Maryland nearly doubled last week. The Department released data stating that during the week ending October 3,…
Governors Balk at Trump’s Unemployment Benefits Order
Executive order to partially extend enhanced unemployment insurance requires states to fund 25% of extra benefits. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order that extends additional unemployment payments…
