Ohio's unemployment rate continues to linger in the double digits, registering at 11.2 percent for the month of July, well above the national average of 9.7 percent. Unfortunately, experts predict our unemployment rate won't peak until mid-2010. Full Article at The Bucyrus Telegraph

In response to being inundated with calls from people filing unemployment claims through the state, Florida's labor agency said Thursday it was creating an overflow call center that will be capable of handling up to 10,000 telephone calls a day. Full Article at Miami Herald

My unemployment benefits ran out These 5 have been unemployed so long enough they exhausted their unemployment insurance - just like half a million Americans about to face the same fate. How did it happen, and how do they cope without a weekly check? Full Article at CNN/Money