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		<title>AUDIO: Idaho Labor head urges lawmakers to oppose extension of jobless benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Department of Labor Director Roger Madsen sent a message to Congress and the Idaho Legislature this week, urging them to oppose further extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits. Madsen sent the letter in anticipation of Thursday&#8217;s U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on unemployment insurance. Madsen says what many consider to be endless extensions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho recovering jobless benefit overpayments from federal tax returns</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/11/02/idaho-recovering-jobless-benefit-overpayments-from-federal-tax-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Labor is notifying over 5,000 unemployment insurance recipients that it will begin intercepting their federal tax refunds next year to recover nearly $10 million in benefit overpayments. The notice is being mailed to comply with federal regulations allowing the state to work with the IRS to obtain federal tax refunds for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Dept: Most Idaho employers bypass reporting law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Idaho employers don&#8217;t comply with a law requiring them to report new hires to the state Department of Labor within 20 days, making it harder for officials to track things like overpaid unemployment benefits and deadbeat parents who owe child support. Only about 30 percent of employers comply with the 1997 state law that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho paid nearly $82 million in faulty jobless benefits in last three years</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/09/21/idaho-paid-nearly-82-million-in-faulty-jobless-benefits-in-last-three-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Idaho paid nearly $82 million in improper unemployment benefits in the last three years. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 34 percent of the erroneous payments were made to recipients who returned to work but continued receiving money. Another 34 percent of payments went to citizens with “work search issues,” meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho antes up $202m to repay federal unemployment benefit loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Idaho on Thursday provided $202.4 million to the federal government to repay loans it borrowed in 2009 and 2010 to continue paying unemployment insurance benefits after the state&#8217;s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund went broke under pressure of the recession. The loan was repaid with proceeds from bonds issued in mid-August that were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New jobless benefit requirements take effect for corporate officers in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/07/01/new-jobless-benefit-requirements-take-effect-for-corporate-officers-in-idaho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance benefits took effect Friday  for corporate officers in Idaho. Under the new law, overwhelmingly approved by the 2011 Legislature, Idaho’s 30,000 corporate officers with ownership interests in their companies will be required to show that they are not legally associated with the company any more to remain eligible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Senate passes bill on extended jobless benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/03/13/idaho-senate-passes-bill-on-extended-jobless-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators in Boise have passed extended unemployment benefits for thousands of jobless Idaho workers, over objections of some conservative lawmakers. The measure&#8217;s 24-7 passage will keep long-term unemployed workers eligible for federal jobless benefits through 2011.  Nearly 17,800 jobless Idaho workers were receiving the extended unemployment benefits in February. The measure, already through the House, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment benefits drop by $25 a week for many WA workers</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2010/12/13/unemployment-benefits-to-drop-by-25-a-week-for-many-wa-worker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 150,000 jobless workers in Washington take a pay cut this week with the expiration of a federal stimulus program that added $25 to weekly benefit checks. The $25 increase was authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Jamie Swift with the state’s Employment Security Department says the program expired Saturday. ESD&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployed Idaho workers facing benefit deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2010/06/15/unemployed-idaho-workers-facing-benefit-deadline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of unemployed Idahoans are facing the loss of benefits this summer unless Congress approves an extension. The Idaho Department of Labor estimates as many as 22,000 people in Idaho could exhaust their unemployment benefits in the next three months. The agency says more than 4,000 lost jobless benefits last week. Eligible workers receive up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho dependent on federal loans to make unemployment payments</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2010/06/04/idaho-dependent-on-federal-loans-to-make-unemployment-payments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho has borrowed more than $200 million from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits to out-of-work residents, and is unlikely to start paying back that loan this year. Unless Congress acts, the Idaho Department of Labor could have to pay interest on that loan next year at rates around 4 percent. As long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho unemployment benefits moving into the electronic age</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2010/05/25/idaho-unemployment-benefits-moving-into-the-electronic-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weekly unemployment insurance benefits for jobless Idaho workers are going electronic. Beginning Wednesday, the elimination of paper checks will be phased in over the next five weeks.  Benefit claimants will automatically be switched to debit cards unless they already have their weekly benefit payments directly deposited into their bank accounts or chose to begin direct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crapo backs unemployment benefits extension</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Senator Mike Crapo jopined his colleagues on Wednesday in unanimoulsy passing legislation which provides as much as 14 weeks of additional benefits to out-of-work Americans, including those in Idaho. The unemployment benefits extension legislation passed 98-0. Crapo strongly supports the bill, which authorizes up to 14 additional weeks for most if not every state [...]]]></description>
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