Tag Archives: jobless benefits

Legislature will consider trimming jobless benefits

The Labor Department develops some options for lawmakers to consider as they try to decide how the state will pay back $721 million in federal funds it borrowed to pay unemployment benefits to laidoff workers . . .

Tags: employer tax , jobless benefits , Labor Department , Mark Butler , unemployment insurance trust fund

Political Notes: Deal picks up legislative endorsements

Three lawmakers announce their support for Nathan Deal over Karen Handel in the GOP runoff; Handel answers with a negative TV spot that denounces Deal as “corrupt” . . .

Tags: Arizona immigration law , Bill Hamrick , Buddy Carter , crush videos , jobless benefits , Johnny Isakson , karen handel , Lee Hawkins , mike thurmond , Nathan Deal , Preston Smith , Sam Olens , Tim Bearden , Tom Graves