An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. Senate is a much-needed step in the right direction

The nearly 90-year-old federal-state Unemployment Insurance program provides much-needed relief to unemployed workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own and helps to stabilize the U.S. economy during downturns. Through 14 recessions since its enactment as part of the New Deal, most recently the Great Recession of 2007–2009 and the short but […] The post An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. Senate is a much-needed step in the right direction appeared fir