It's estimated that roughly 17 percent of those on the state's unemployment program dont receive enough to be eligible.

A group of Hoosiers are asking the state to address what they call "disconcerting problems" with the unemployment system.

A new online employment website aims to help people in Marion County connect with jobs and get needed training.

The Lost Wage Assistance Program will be available for out of work Hoosiers backdated to Aug. 1. Federal guidelines say workers must have received benefits of at least $100 under state or federal unemployment programs to be eligible.

Some workers say they've waited weeks, sometimes months, for any payment at all from the Department of Workforce Development.

Indiana's unemployment insurance trust fund will be depleted in September if Hoosiers continue seeking assistance for joblessness at the current pace due to the coronavirus pandemic, a state official says.

More than 400,000 Hoosiers would lose, on average, about 46 percent of their unemployment benefits under the proposed federal HEALS Act thats according to a recent analysis by The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank.

Unemployment loans to states will have zero interest until the end of the year, but it could mean tax increases for employers in the future.

While Congress tries to negotiate some kind of increased unemployment benefits, unemployed Hoosiers say relief can't come soon enough.

The $600 expires at the end of the month due to a provision in the federal CARES Act. If unemployed workers file for benefits on or before July 25, DWD said it will make the additional payments.