It is already clear that the math on the job loss front is going to get pretty painful as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But researchers at the University of Kansas have done some calculations that show that the pain may be higher in Douglas County than in many parts of the state.
Using unemployment data from just the last three weeks, researchers at KU’s Institute for Policy and Social Research are ...
Updated at 5:45 p.m. Monday
Kansans seeking to file unemployment claims are now facing even larger hurdles as the state’s website became all but inoperable over the weekend.
On Monday morning, a leader with the Kansas Department of Labor — which oversees the unemployment system — was urging people to call the department rather than use the website. That is the opposite of what labor department leaders ...
Updated 7:40 p.m. Thursday
I don’t know much about peaks, other than I reached my one for growth in the sixth grade and, some say, the one for intellect a year earlier. The one everybody is trying to measure now, of course, is when COVID-19 will peak so that I can get more than a peek inside my favorite hamburger joint.
A journalist — especially a hungry one — shouldn’t be the person to declare when ...
Millions of additional unemployment dollars did start flowing to Kansans last week, according to the latest numbers from state officials, but technology problems are still stopping many from applying for the benefits.
Kansas paid $14.8 million in unemployment benefits for the week ending April 4, which was up from $3.8 million the week before, according to the weekly report from the Kansas Department of Labor. ...
One of Lawrence’s largest manufacturers will be shut down for at least another three weeks, and many of its approximately 800 employees will need to start filing for unemployment.
Hallmark confirmed that its Lawrence production center would be closed until April 27. The company temporarily closed the greeting card plant, which is near the West Lawrence interchange on the Kansas Turnpike, on March 23. At that ...
More advice — and more pleas for patience — are flowing from the state officials responsible for getting Kansans signed up for unemployment benefits.
“Thank you for your patience with us,” Delía García, secretary of the Kansas Department of Labor, said in a webcast Tuesday. “We know we have a lot of things to go through and fix to make sure we are serving you.”
The department has been dealing ...
