Failed State Update: Unemployment Insurance

by | Apr 20, 2024 | California Politics, Debt

Don Lee at LAT: California’s massive budget deficit, coupled with the state’s relatively high level of joblessness, has become a major barrier to reducing the billions of dollars of debt it has incurred to pay unemployment benefits. The surge in unemployment brought...

Troubled California

by | Aug 21, 2021 | California Politics, Emergency, Environment

Emily Hoeven at CalMatters: Californians who want to know how much progress the state unemployment department has made on crucial reforms will likely have to wait until after the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s because state lawmakers have twice...