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![In this Monday, May 17, 2021, photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly tours a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students aged 12 through 15 set up in a gym at Topeka High School in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor is under increasing pressure to end an extra $300 a week in benefits for unemployed workers, with critics of the aid arguing that businesses are having problems hiring enough workers because of it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://unfspinnaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21139719247702-900x600.jpg)
AP: US jobless claims fall again as some states end federal aid
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
• May 21, 2021
![FILE - This April 30, 2019, file photo, shows a McDonalds restaurant on the Northside of Pittsburgh. U.S. restaurants and stores are rapidly raising pay in an urgent effort to attract more applicants and keep up with a flood of customers as the pandemic eases. McDonalds, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the latest companies to follow Amazon, Walmart and Costco in boosting wages, in some cases to $15 an hour or higher. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)](https://unfspinnaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21133709071211-900x600.jpg)
AP: Desperate for workers, US restaurants and stores raise pay
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
• May 14, 2021
![A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonalds restaurant, in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, starkly illustrating the desperation of businesses to hire more people as the economy expands. Yet total job gains increased only modestly that month, according to a Labor Department report issued Tuesday, May 11. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)](https://unfspinnaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21125730692502-900x600.jpg)
AP: US job openings soar to highest level on record
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
• May 12, 2021
![FILE - In this Tuesday, March 31, 2020 file photo, Vincent Amos, who identified himself as homeless, pulls a shopping cart with his belongings amid businesses closed by concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Deep Ellum section of Dallas. Amos said his shelter in place routine includes walking the area looking for work cleaning windows. (AP Photo/LM Otero)](https://unfspinnaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20092777679536-900x598.jpg)
AP: A record 6.6 million seek US jobless aid as layoffs mount
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press
• April 2, 2020
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