Employment of certain groups more likely to be affected by pandemic, study says
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 24, 2020
A WSU associate professor interested in the effects of the pandemic and resulting recession authored a paper on groups of people whose employment is more likely to be affected during COVID-19. Ben Cowan, associate professor for the WSU School of Economic Sciences, conducted a study that found peop...
Whitman County deals with unemployment fraud
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
June 3, 2020
Some Whitman County residents have filed claims about unemployment fraud in the area. Local law enforcement have turned the claims over to Secret Service agencies and the FBI, Gary Jenkins, Pullman Chief of Police, said while addressing the issue May 26 in an online city hall. Sgt. Chris Chap...
Whitman County unemployment rates rise three percent
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
June 3, 2020
Due to COVID-19, Whitman County unemployment rates increased by 3 percent from March to April this year. Doug Tweedy, regional economist for the Washington State Employment Security Department, said Whitman County’s unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in March and 6.6 percent in April. Tweedy sa...
OPINION: Stimulus plan doesn’t help the right people
GUS WATERS, Evergreen Columnist
April 1, 2020
The federal stimulus package that Congress passed is a decent response to the impending recession that will hit our country, but it can’t live up to its noble goals until it provides more unemployment benefits. The 2.2 trillion dollar plan contains massive spending provisions: over 500 billion dollar...
WSU students may soon see more information about practices to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as part of a new system-wide “Cancel COVID” campaign. Students...
