PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon is experiencing a sharp rise in unemployment claims, with last week’s filings up more than 9% compared to the previous week and nearly 34% higher than the same week in ...

Hundreds of educators, parents and students joined a rally Nov. 1. 2023 at Roosevelt High School in north Portland. A new bill would extend unemployment benefits to them during work stoppages. (Alex ...

This isn’t complicated—people need to eat,” said Oregon Attorney General Rayfield in a statement announcing the suit.

Newly unemployed workers are facing higher inflation without a corresponding increase in jobless benefits to match. Data released Thursday showed a pop in initial jobless claims for September, ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is one step closer to allowing workers on strike to collect unemployment benefits under a bill that passed the state House this week. Senate Bill 916 B, which would extend ...

A surprising vote on the Oregon Senate floor Tuesday morning saw four Democrats join with Republicans to reject Senate Bill 916, the controversial measure that would have allowed striking workers to ...

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...

Mariam Zuhaib / AP Thousands of federal workers in Oregon and Washington remained at home on Thursday as the government shutdown stretched into its second day. Those furloughed workers, who are not ...

'It's going to lead to more and more pinching the budget as the real value fades' Job seekers at a Florida job fair earlier this year. It's a tough labor market and unemployment benefit amounts may ...