unemployment
A rapper who boasted about committing unemployment fraud has agreed to a plea deal. According to the Department of Justice, 33-year-old Fontrell Antonio Baines, aka Nuke Bizzle, has confessed to illegally obtaining COVID relief funds in the summer of 2020. Baines is accused of bragging about the scheme in the music video for “EDD”—a reference to the Employment […]
A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September, with the percentage of workers who decided to leave their positions rising to 3%, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey released Friday. The survey, covered by the Washington Post, shows the number of people who quit their jobs is up from last month’s […]
On May 4, the Iowa Cubs held their season opener in Principal Park, ending a 604-day hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic. While the game ended in a 3-0 loss to the Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the MLB’s Chicago Cubs still had to feel like winners because minor league baseball was officially back in Iowa, and […]
Unemployment benefits expired overnight after Trump declined to sign a COVID-19 relief package that was set to pass without his grievances. Trump wanted larger stimulus checks included in the bipartisan bill and objected to “pork” spending. ABC News reports that without the package’s funding, the government is set to shutdown at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday as […]
As more and more Americans struggle to make ends meet in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of people have turned to shoplifting to address their need for bare necessities, like food and baby items, the Washington Post reports. “We’re seeing an increase in low-impact crimes,” Jeff Zisner, chief executive of workplace security firm Aegis, said. […]
If there’s one thing the internet age has taught us, it’s that the boys are always watching and listening. Yet, it seems like one Tennessee rapper missed this lesson in common sense as he’s now facing fraud charges after boasting about scamming in his latest music video. Fontrell Antonio Baines was arrested for allegedly committing unemployment fraud, […]
The same administration whose fumbling of COVID-19 containment efforts ultimately worsened the ensuing jobs crisis would now like to shame you into finding “something new” to do for a living, even as the virus continues to bag an alarmingly high number of new cases around the country. An ad campaign backed by the White House focuses on […]
The unemployment rate continues to hit stunning new heights. Another 3.8 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending April 25, NPR reports. Though that’s a decline from the prior week’s 4.4 million, a total of 30.3 million people have now filed for unemployment in the six weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic began […]
On Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) singled out one of his state’s residents for gumming up unemployment claims by filing one under the name “Tupac Shakur.” “We had somebody apply for unemployment for Tupac Shakur here in Kentucky,” Beshear had said. “That person probably thought they were being funny, they probably did — except for the fact that […]
While people across the country are getting their stimulus checks, the citizens of Puerto Rico are still waiting for their money to be disbursed. The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, told MSNBC on Saturday that no one in the United States territory received the $1,200 they were promised from the federal government. “No one […]
