Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said action by Congress this week to extend federal unemployment benefits could turn the program into an open-ended federal entitlement, but said the 11,500 Idahoans eligible for weekly payments should get that help.
All four of Idaho’s members of Congress opposed the $34 billion, six-month unemployment extension because it didn’t include a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Idaho Department of Labor’
Otter criticizes Congress for not funding unemployment extension
By Brad Iverson-Long
July 23rd, 2010
July 23rd, 2010
Otter comments on 900 new call center jobs in Twin Falls (audio)
By Brad Iverson-Long
July 15th, 2010
July 15th, 2010
Unemployment rate and size of labor force both drop
By Brad Iverson-Long
July 2nd, 2010
July 2nd, 2010
Human rights commission merger with labor department is official in July
By Brad Iverson-Long
June 24th, 2010
June 24th, 2010
Many Idaho cities lost population in 2009
By Dustin Hurst
June 22nd, 2010
June 22nd, 2010
Department of Labor reports another rise in income of Idahoans
By Dustin Hurst
June 18th, 2010
June 18th, 2010
Expiring federal unemployment benefits affect jobless Idahoans
By Brad Iverson-Long
June 14th, 2010
June 14th, 2010
Labor department reports third straight month of improved jobless numbers
By Dustin Hurst
June 4th, 2010
June 4th, 2010
Idaho dependent on federal loans to make unemployment payments
By Brad Iverson-Long
June 2nd, 2010
June 2nd, 2010
Idahoans will get unemployment debit cards, not unemployment checks
By Brad Iverson-Long
May 21st, 2010
May 21st, 2010