Nevadans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be able to order food online for the first time.
Subrina Hudson
Former Business Editor
This is at least the second case for the online retailer’s Las Vegas Valley operations.
A survey among small businesses found most owners were able to successfully apply and receive funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, after it received a second round of funding last month.
Nevada and other states found it difficult to create a system to pay a small addition on claimants’ paychecks, and experts are now finding not much has changed since 2008.
The maintenance will not impact the state unemployment insurance website (ui.nv.gov) and filers will still be able to access the state’s unemployment insurance website, ui.nv.gov, as well as file online.
Heather Korbulic has been named interim director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, according to an announcement Tuesday by Gov. Steve Sisolak.
A lack of transparency and mixed messages from the unemployment office have left many claimants like local hairstylist Carmen LaBrake with more questions than answers.
“We are following guidelines from health officials and medical experts,” said company spokesman Timothy Carter in a statement.
Several Nevada banks say they are barely able to keep up with the flood of requests for the Paycheck Protection Program.
Many facing the final weeks of their pre-COVID-19-era unemployment insurance are unsure whether the unemployment benefits of the CARES Act apply to them.
The Irvine, California-based company is looking to fill positions at its two call centers in the Las Vegas Valley.
As debate on Capitol Hill continues over additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, a growing number of Nevada business owners are desperate.
Recent changes to a program for small businesses will leave them with much less cash in their pockets.
The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Monday its unemployment website has not crashed.
A number of auto insurers rolled out discounts to customers this week as Nevadans spend more time in their homes than on the road leading to a drop in claims.