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ALBANY (TNS) — If the minimum salary of home health care aides was increased to $35,000, it would not only lift those in the field out of poverty, but...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Labor last year distributed more than $114 million in unemployment and federal relief benefits to New Yorkers i...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s Department of Labor says it’s fixed a problem that kept people who are collecting unemployment insurance from certifying for...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New Yorkers who already get unemployment benefits do not need to call the state labor department to get the extra $300 approved by th...

While the federal Clean Air Act was enacted to protect humans from air pollution, it also has saved birds. The cleaner air resulting from the pollutio...

RANDOLPH — New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro on Monday announced the sentencing of a Randolph woman who stole Workers’ Compensatio...

WASHINGTON (TNS ) — Federal unemployment data shows the number of New Yorkers telling the government they’ve been out of work for more than six months...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — If you are collecting unemployment benefits — as many people are these days — you could get hit with a nasty tax bill next year if yo...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Unemployed New Yorkers will be eligible for an additional three weeks of $300 a week in unemployment checks, bringing the total allowe...

Sitting next to a quiet, calm lake away from the noise and hustle of the urban and suburban environment. Lying under the trees and feeling a nice bree...

The validity of the adage “necessity is the mother of invention” was on full display during the COVID-19 outbreak. People quickly had to learn to adap...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Labor is trying to inform New Yorkers who have applied for unemployment that federal law requires them to su...

There are those in government and think tanks, and probably a few bars, who like to say that the U.S. Postal Service needs to run like a business. Her...

WASHINGTON — The IRS offers a new online form where individuals can share their payment information to receive Economic Impact Payments. U.S. Rep. Tom...

Understanding your health care benefits can be a challenge. You need to know what services are covered, which providers accept your insurance, which p...

OLEAN — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an emergency supplemental SNAP benefit will be received by households not already receiving the maximum, accordi...

We recognize that you may have questions about how the coronavirus will affect Social Security services. The first thing you should know is that we co...

The Social Security Administration Tuesday closed its offices to in-person service around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. The SSA began o...