Feds: Arkansas Pays $161 Million in ‘Improper’ Unemployment Benefits (Updated!)
New Department of Labor data tells the sad tale of how states made some $19 billion in "improper" unemployment benefits over the last three years. In Arkansas, that total runs to more than $161 million...
View ArticleWho Will Crack Case of the $161 Million in Missing State Unemployment Funds?
Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Services reviewing their records to determine amount of improper state unemployment payments after feds say total is $161 million.
View ArticleDon’t Forget That The Arkansas Unemployment Insurance Nightmare Is Still A...
The nightmare that is the state unemployment insurance program has slipped from the front pages, so let’s check in to remind ourselves what’s going on there, and what happens next. As you’ll recall,...
View ArticleStudy: Now Let’s Reform Disastrous Unemployment Insurance Program To Make It...
Ugh, the Arkansas unemployment insurance (UI) system, what a mess, am I right, people? What, oh, what could ever be done to fix such a terrible program, that is what you are sitting around wondering...
View ArticleForest Fracas: Just What DOES It Take To Lose Your Job In the Beebe...
Arkansas Forestry Commission chief John Shannon is feeling the heat now that his agency is some $4 million in the hole—and Gov. Mike Beebe’s asking lawmakers for an extra $2.7 million to clean things...
View ArticleMore Budget Scrutiny for State Agencies? Why, Yes, Let’s Have Some of That!
Erroneous headline alert! Erroneous headline alert! A story over at the Arkansas News Bureau reports that “After Forestry Commission flap, state agencies’ budgets to get more scrutiny.” I’m sure that...
View ArticleAuditors: State Unemployment Overpayments Only $44 Million!
A long-awaited audit of the state unemployment insurance (UI) program was the focus of a legislative hearing Tuesday, and since that’s been a subject of interest here on The Arkansas Project lo these...
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