The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will review Minnesota's Unemployment Insurance Program after widespread fraud was found in other benefits programs.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer joins 'Mornings with Maria' to break down the latest jobs data, rising unemployment concerns, A.I.’s impact on the workforce and new federal efforts to combat escalating unemployment fraud.

The Department of Labor announced on Monday it is sending staff to Minnesota to investigate concerns about fraud in the state’s Unemployment Insurance Program. The department’s decision to authorize an “on-site specialized UI strike team” in Minnesota makes it the latest of several federal agencies deploying agents to investigate reports of widespread fraud in the

WASHINGTON (KFGO/KVRR) – A U.S. Department of Labor strike team will travel to Minnesota to conduct a “targeted review” of Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance Program following recent discoveries of widespread fraud in the state’s benefits programs.

FOX 9 sought the records of fraud in other states to determine the scope and severity of the current schemes being uncovered in Minnesota.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Minnesota rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 12,951 in the week ending December 6, up from 7,419 the week before, the Labor Department said.

Minnesota’s streak of historically low unemployment ended last month, according to the state’s most recent jobs report released Thursday morning. The state’s unemployment rate grew to 1.9 percent in August, up just one-tenth of a percent from the ...