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FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center during the coronavirus outbreak in Pasadena, Calif. California will stop giving unemployment benefits to people who are not actively applying for jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, June 17, 2021. Federal law requires people who are out of work to be actively looking for jobs to be eligible for unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
California: People must look for work to get jobless aid

By Adam Beam Jun. 17, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

Dana Anthony is seen at her workplace at The Daily Tar Heel newspaper in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Anthony was rejected after two speparate HireVue interviews for other jobs recently. The pandemic has heightened demand for online services that interview job applicants remotely and use artificial intelligence to assess their skills. But the technology also raises questions about whether computers can accurately judge a person's character traits and emotional cues. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer

By Matt O'brien Jun. 15, 2021 01:38 PM EDT

Washington state: People on unemployment must look for work

Jun. 10, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — State officials say people in Washington collecting unemployment benefits will again be required to actively search for work to keep those...

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 05, 2021 12:38 AM EDT

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 04, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

A man walks into 5th Avenue Deli and Grill, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Hiring in the United States picked up in May yet was slowed again by the struggles of many companies to find enough workers to keep up with the economy's swift recovery from the pandemic recession. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, an improvement from April's sluggish increase of 278,000. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
US businesses struggle to fill jobs even as hiring picks up

By Christopher Rugaber Jun. 04, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Vos looks to crack down on those who skip job interviews

By Scott Bauer Jun. 02, 2021 12:22 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin should get tougher on unemployed people who apply for jobs to meet work search requirements but then skip out on the interview,...

More virtual job fairs scheduled, technical issues arise

Jun. 01, 2021 01:16 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new round of virtual job fairs has been scheduled by the state of New Hampshire, although some people reported technical difficulties...

House GOP advances measure limiting Wolf disaster authority

By Mark Scolforo May. 25, 2021 12:44 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state House committee voted on party lines Tuesday to keep portions of the governor's coronavirus disaster emergency in place until...

House GOP tees up legislation on governor's pandemic powers

May. 24, 2021 06:32 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Republican floor leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday proposed keeping in place some parts of Gov. Tom Wolf...

FILE—In this file photo from May 5, 2021, a truck passes a sign showing a need to hire laborers outside a concrete products company in Evans City, Pa. Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for hundreds of thousands of people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Pennsylvania to resume work-search rule for jobless benefits

By Marc Levy May. 24, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

Massachusetts again tightening access to jobless benefits

By Steve Leblanc May. 20, 2021 04:06 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is tightening up access to jobless benefits as the state emerges more fully from the pandemic. Work search...

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
Eau Claire Leader Telegram. May 13, 2021. Editorial: Why write editorials? Every now and then we step back in our...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(McComb) Enterprise-Journal. May 7, 2021. Editorial: Early voting can prevent fraud Mississippi’s resistance to early...

Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, speaks during a Senate session at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Monday, May 10, 2021. Legislators voted Monday to override Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb's veto of a bill giving local elected officials authority over issuing county or city public health orders during emergencies. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)
Indiana restoring work-search rule for jobless benefits

By Tom Davies May. 11, 2021 02:55 PM EDT

A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonalds restaurant, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, starkly illustrating the desperation of businesses to hire more people as the economy expands. Yet total job gains increased only modestly that month, according to a Labor Department report issued Tuesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
US job openings soar to highest level on record

By Christopher Rugaber May. 11, 2021 10:42 AM EDT

Richard Lavers, Deputy Commissioner New Hampshire Employment Security, poses for a photo at a New Hampshire Works employment security job center Monday, May 10, 2021, in Manchester, N.H. States are pushing the unemployed to get back to work to help businesses large and small find the workers they need to emerge from the COVID-19 recession. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
States push jobless from virus recession to return to work

By Wilson Ring May. 10, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

Natalie Naranjo-Morett stands for a portrait Monday, April 19, 2021, in San Diego. "I've started to look for jobs," said Natalie Naranjo-Morett, who will graduate in June with a history degree from the University of California San Diego. "I want to go into museum work, but that's become very difficult because of the pandemic." (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Job market for new grads: Much hiring but much competition

By Travis Loller And Christopher Rugaber May. 09, 2021 10:57 AM EDT

Georgia: Jobless must soon seek work to keep benefits

May. 08, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's elected labor commissioner said he intends to reinstate the requirement that people must actively search for work to receive...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. Companies are advertising more jobs than they were before the pandemic, when the unemployment rate was a 50-year low of 3.5%. So they clearly want to add workers. Yet hiring stumbled in April because many employers couldn't find as many as they needed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
EXPLAINER: Did US hiring slow because of a ‘labor shortage’?

By Christopher Rugaber May. 08, 2021 10:43 AM EDT