Joyce: Senate freezes unemployment insurance rate

Joyce: Senate freezes unemployment insurance rate
Continuing a commitment to provide economic relief for small businesses and promote job growth, state Sen. Brian A. Joyce announced Senate passage of legislation that will freeze the unemployment insurance rate. Without the freeze, the rate would increase by over $ 228 per employee, with the average employer seeing a per-employee payment jump from $ 644 to $ 872. “Freezing the unemployment …
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Arkansas looks at bonds to repay unemployment debt
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas voters could be asked to approve issuing bonds to help the state repay more than $ 330 million owed to the federal government for unemployment benefits.
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More tax revenue, less unemployment envisioned in city plan
• Lowering the unemployment rate from 17 to 14 percent • Reducing the percentage of general fund revenues committed to salaries and benefits from 78 to 74 percent • Increasing sales tax revenue growth from 2 to 4 percent • Increasing Transient Occupancy Tax revenue from 3 to 5 percent • Increasing the city lodging occupancy rate from 23 to 32 percent • Allocating at least $ 5 million annually to …
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