Southwest Georgia posts record low unemployment rate
- Special Graphic
- Updated
- 0

Special Graphic
Special GraphicTags
As featured on
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor debuted tutorials this week designed to help claim…
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced this week that Georgians have received more than $15 billion in unemployment insurance benefits since March of this year, more than the past 27 years combined.
ATLANTA – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), established under the March Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, has provided almost $1.7 billion in benefits to over 323,000 Georgians during the pandemic. PUA provides unemployment benefits to those who are not usually eligible for regular state benefits, but lose work, through no fault of their own, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many of these have included gig workers, independent contractors, employees of churches and nonprofits, or those with limited work history who do not qualify for regular state unemployment benefits.
Post a comment as
Report
Watch this discussion. Stop watching this discussion.
Latest News
- ARMSTRONG-REINER: Do not adhere blindly to rules and neglect faith, love
- 'A violent gamble.' Crash that killed 13 undocumented migrants highlights perils of desperate border crossings
- John Stamos posts a precious tribute to Elizabeth Olsen for the finale of 'WandaVision'
- UGA grad Frank 'Mr. Peanut' McGill, who revolutionized Georgia's peanut economy, dies at 95
- Three dads, a baby and the legal battle to get their names added to a birth certificate
Most Popular
Articles
- Pancake puffs make a sweet treat at any time of the day
- ELDER: The Lord is able to make us new
- Rockdale announces plans for virtual, in-person instruction next school year
- Publix will anchor Town Center mixed-use development in Covington
- Covington police recover stolen U-Haul containing family's belongings, ashes of their son
- Teen girl shot at party Saturday night
- Is Rockdale County becoming a townhouse community?
- Fire breaks out at Rockdale house Friday
- One man charged in Valentine's Day shooting
- Newton Solid Waste Authority increases landfill, convenience center fees
Newspaper Ads
Online Poll
POLL: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president?
President Biden has been in office for over a month now. How do you think he has been handling his job so far? This is not a scientific poll — results reflect only the opinions of those voting.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Please log in, or sign up for a new, free account to read or post comments.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.