When Kevin Renfro thinks about $10 billion in unemployment benefits going to devious criminals rather than desperate Californians, his sense of exasperation goes beyond the…
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Marie Acosta drew inspiration from the Works Progress Administration to help artists during the pandemic In response to mass unemployment caused by the Great Depression,…
Editor’s note: Sacramento County puts off a hike in garbage rates for now, listening to COVID-19 fatigued residents. The city of Sacramento is also looking…
Asleep at the switch Re: “For rural counties, stopping inmate unemployment fraud is daunting” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, Nov. 27): WTH why isn’t state…
Rural prosecutors say they don’t have the resources to tackle California’s widening unemployment scheme behind bars Over the last two months, investigators across California determined…
Editor’s note: How bad will the pandemic get for families without more financial help? Three new studies show just how bad. As politicians in Washington,…
Editor’s note: The $600 federal unemployment bonus is about to end, but it has highlighted inequality in America Unless Republican leaders in Congress come to…
Editor’s note: The COVID-19 recession is hammering women and people of color Working people are bearing the brunt of the recession caused by the COVID-19…
More Sacramento families are asking for help to lay their dead to rest. Here’s why. A collapsing economy and devastating pandemic have forced more Sacramento…
On this May Day, we should think about what the economy will look like after the coronavirus pandemic.
Local owners grab temporary lifelines, but many businesses may not survive When we get to the other side of this horrific pandemic, our lives and…
Success of 2020 Census depends on thousands of temps If you have some free time and want to make sure that California keeps its political…