copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling” (Nikki Haley, 2023-09-27)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sparred over fracking at the second Republican primary debate Wednesday, with each making some questionable — and in some cases false — claims about DeSantis’s record on the subject. [...] DeSantis’s actions on fracking have been more nuanced than Haley’s attack suggests. In his 2018 campaign for governor, he promised "to pass legislation that bans fracking in the state." [...] DeSantis has not followed through on his pledge to pass legislation that would ban fracking in Florida. While serving in the U.S. House in 2013, he voted for a bill that would force the federal Department of Interior to defer to each state’s rules on fracking.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-06-02): Department of Workforce Development datashows that in the week ending on March 7, 2020, there were 41,015 unemployment claims statewide. For the week of May 22, 202, there were 127,745 claims.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-06-02): Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation claims: 35,678 - Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Weekly Claims: 21,537 - [...] "The point of the tweet was to point out how many people are on state and federal UI benefits now as the economy is opening up and most government-mandated shutdowns and restrictions are being lifted, compared to before the pandemic," Clark said in an email.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-07-03): Each state manages and funds its own unemployment benefits program according to federal guidelines. However, the federal government can fund extensions and expansions of benefits through legislation, like they did during the pandemic. [...] The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program added a weekly supplement of $600 to the amount individuals received in state unemployment. This supplement was later reduced to $300. [...] The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program extended the length of time that individuals can receive unemployment benefits. Generally, benefits are available for up to 26 weeks, but the PEUC program enabled individuals to claim them for up to 79 weeks.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-07-31): Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) [...] Applying for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation To apply for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, people had to file a claim for regular benefits with the UI program in the state where they worked. Depending on the state, they could file a claim in person, online, or over the phone. When they filed a claim, they had to provide their Social Security number, contact information, and details about their former employment.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-08-24): Expanded Unemployment Programs Likely Slowed the Decline in Unemployment Claims During the Pandemic Recovery The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program extended unemployment insurance (UI) to some workers not typically covered by state unemployment programs. These workers include the self-employed, independent contractors, workers with reduced hours, workers not working due to health or family care responsibilities, and workers with too little earnings in prior quarters to qualify for regular state programs. Since its enactment in the spring of 2020, the PUA program has become an important part of the current UI landscape. States reported over 530 million weeks of claims through the end of May 2021. At the end of May 2021, over 40 percent of all UI claims were in the PUA program.1
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2022-08-03): Allegretto & Liedtke (2020) [...] Early in the pandemic, the Golden State shed over 2.6 million jobs (March and April combined) before initial reopening gains of 692,400 over May and June combined—leaving an 11.0% shortfall, worse than the -8.3% height of losses over the Great Recession. [...] While a hasty rebound is not wholly off the table for the private sector if the virus is controlled to a low and manageable level, a window that appears to be closing, there is little doubt state and local governments will be coping with the pandemic’s fallout for some time. As economic output severely contracted, so too did tax revenues. States, for the most part, must balance their budgets and they are not able to borrow money akin to what is available to the federal government. Thus, without significant relief provided by the federal government, states will face unprecedented challenges in affording the costs of controlling the spread of the virus on top of the usual outlays in running government.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-09-24): As a measure of the extent of UI coverage in a state before the pandemic, we use the UI recipiency rate in 2019. This measure, which is the share of unemployed workers who received UI benefits, varies widely across states: 7 states had recipiency rates of greater than 40 percent in 2019, whereas 17 states had recipiency rates of less than 20 percent.30 Prior research indicates that variation in state recipiency rates reflects state laws (regarding who is covered by UI and for how long) and administrative practices, although labor market variables and other factors are also important.31 States with higher recipiency rates before the pandemic had both a larger share of the population who applied for UI benefits and a larger share of the population who received benefits (see chart 5a).32 This relationship suggests that despite the temporary expansions of UI coverage during the pandemic, preexisting aspects of a state’s UI system still mattered for the number of people who received UI benefits during the pandemic. [...] Despite the persistence of state differences in UI recipiency from before the pandemic, we found that the UI program provided benefits to individuals who were directly affected by the pandemic in the labor market. In addition to providing income support, the UI program improved the well-being of individuals and households. Compared with individuals who applied for UI benefits but did not receive them, individuals who received UI benefits had greater well-being in a variety of domains, including household finances, food security, and mental health.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-02-07): Other changes in UI policy have also kept claims abnormally elevated deep into the recovery. Supplemental benefits of $300 per week (formerly $600) have given unemployed and underemployed workers unusually strong incentives to apply for UI. In addition, almost every state waived its usual job search requirements early in the pandemic. These waivers, most of which were still in effect earlier this year, have made UI benefits available to many individuals for whom caregiving responsibilities or fears of infection have complicated returning to work. [...] This dramatic shift in the UI claimant pool owes largely to the federal PUA program, which was created in March 2020 to provide benefits to classes of workers not covered by traditional UI.7 Because federal guidelines restrict PUA to those who are ineligible for regular UI, many states instruct benefit-seekers that they must apply (and be denied) for regular UI before they can apply for PUA. As a result, many self-employed workers and other atypical claimants have been counted towards both regular UI and PUA in successive weeks, even though initial claims for these two programs are tallied separately in government statistics.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-11-03): The federal government responded to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by transforming the UI program. [...] Administrative UI data from the Department of Labor show the magnitude of disruption and changes to the UI program triggered by the pandemic. In the second quarter of 2019, before the pandemic hit the United States, 2.6 million UI claims were filed. In the second quarter of 2020, 33.7 million claims were filed. [...] The living situation of UI recipients has also changed during the pandemic. The SIPP data from 2018 show that 15.6% of UI recipients lived alone. By June 2021, the HPS shows that only 7.0% of households that reported receiving UI that year were single-person households.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-02-16): Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs." Tim Kaine stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.: "Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men." Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all." Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: "We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S." Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers." Joe Biden stated on April 15, 2020 in comments at a virtual town hall meeting: "Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. [...] Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2022-03-24): The regular federal-state UI system was providing coverage to less than a third of jobless workers before the pandemic, and on average it replaced only about 40 percent of lost wages for those who received benefits. Significant gaps in UI coverage exist for workers in low-wage, part-time, and intermittent work, while self-employed contractors, including gig workers, are completely shut out of the system. Over the last decade, moreover, ten states have cut the duration of unemployment benefits, and a permanent federal program that’s designed to provide extended benefits during recessions has often been ineffective.[15] [...] Equitable coverage and adequate benefits should be a paramount goal for UI. That’s important not just during recessions, but also during normal economic times when millions of workers still lose their jobs through no fault of their own and need assistance as they look for new ones. The U.S. Labor Department (DOL) provided a helpful start down that road by using American Rescue Plan funding to provide grants to states to promote more equitable access to the permanent UI system.[24] But federal policymakers ultimately need to enact legislation to comprehensively reform the UI system on a permanent basis. The pandemic and its resulting recession provided an important lesson: policy reforms can meaningfully increase UI coverage for historically underserved populations, but robust outreach and oversight also are likely needed to fully address disparities in coverage.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2023-07-13): Prior to the pandemic, regular UI replaced just 50 percent of earnings in most states, and, as evidenced in low recipiency rates, many unemployed workers did not receive UI benefits. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government implemented the largest expansion of federal UI benefits in U.S. history. It increased the level of benefits through weekly supplements. Eligibility was expanded to include independent workers and those unable to work for a variety of COVID-related reasons through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. The duration of federal benefits was extended by 53 weeks. [...] - The spending impacts of UI were large. UI benefits provided a powerful stimulus to the macroeconomy by boosting consumption, particularly among low-income and low-liquidity workers. - Work disincentive effects from UI benefits were small during the pandemic, especially when compared to historical standards.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-01-20): Extend and expand unemployment insurance benefits so American workers can pay their bills. Around 18 million Americans rely on the unemployment insurance program. Congress did the right thing by continuing expanded eligibility and extending the number of weeks unemployed workers can receive benefits. One study estimates that extending pandemic unemployment insurance programs through 2021 could create or save over five million jobs. But these benefits are set to expire in weeks — even as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens. Millions of Americans are receiving benefits through unemployment insurance programs that will no longer serve new beneficiaries starting in mid-March. [...] Lastly, the president is calling for an additional $1 billion for states to cover the additional cash assistance that Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients needed as a result of the pandemic crisis. The pandemic has led to increased TANF caseloads, generated higher costs for many TANF recipients – from higher utility costs to the need for internet access for remote schooling – and longer periods of joblessness given high unemployment. These funds will provide sorely needed relief.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-02-13): Latest True Fact-checks in Jobs Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad: Under Joe Biden, there are "record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs." Tony Evers stated on January 23, 2024 in Speech: "In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history." Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men." Tim Kaine stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.: "Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men." Mandela Barnes stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter: "It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all." Glenn Grothman stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter: "We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S." Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. [...] Mark Born stated on June 2, 2021 in Twitter: "Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-01-01): - Unemployment fell to 6.7 percent in December, from a pandemic peak of 14.7 percent in April – beating expectations of well over 10 percent unemployment through the end of 2020. [...] - Signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act, adding an additional $310 billion to replenish the program. [...] - Signed an executive order extending expanded unemployment benefits.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-06-17): Benefits paid by a state or the District of Columbia from the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund. [...] Unemployment assistance under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. [...] Unemployment compensation, State employees.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2023-09-20): In 2020, the world changed in response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19. As businesses shut down, the nation saw immediate demands on the unemployment insurance programs like never before. The COVID-19 pandemic grossly differed from prior U.S. economic downturns, given that systems dealt with initial unemployment claims spiking to max levels in days rather than weeks or months. [...] Notably, this federal plan required many states to adjust their guidelines to provide coverage of unemployment benefits for the first week. Many UI programs have a waiting period for these payments to kick in, which were removed in states during the pandemic to receive this federal assistance. [...] The pandemic may have peaked, but fraud remains systemic. According to the Internal Revenue Service, states have "experienced a surge" in fraudulent UI claims "filed by organized crime rings using stolen identities."
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-07-24): Figure 3 shows the total number of unemployed workers superimposed over weekly continued UI claims for regular UI benefits and Extended Benefits, which automatically extends weeks of eligibility based on a state’s economic conditions, as well as claims for emergency programs: PUA and PEUC. Note that the level of unemployment greatly underestimates the number of people who lost jobs during the pandemic. To be described as officially unemployed, a person must be actively looking for work; however, millions of people effectively have left the labor force since March 2020 but were eligible for the expanded UI benefits. At the time that the emergency programs expired, there was a gap of more than 5.5 million workers who were in the labor market and unemployed, but not receiving UI. We project that gap to close only modestly through the end of this year. [...] Nunn, Ryan. 2020. "How to Bolster UI in Response to COVID-19." Blog. The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. May 7, 2020.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2015-04-09): Current state and local legislation on requesting flexible work schedules and more or fewer work hours [...] Recent federal acts and proposed legislation [...] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. BLS). 2015b. "Table A-8. Employed Persons by Class of Worker and Party-Time Status." (Economic News Release). March 6.
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2020-03-28): Let's talk to you about where we are. Today, this is a situation which none of us have ever seen before and it manifests itself in many different ways. There's economic anxiety. People are out of work. What does this mean? Unemployment insurance, will it cover the bills. There's isolation. There's fear of the unknown, there's misinformation. You put it together, it is very disorienting, to say the least. If you're feeling disoriented, it's not you. It's everyone, and it's everywhere, and it's with good cause. Today is Saturday. You know how I know today is Saturday? Because my alarm clock said Saturday when I woke up this morning. But if you drive around, it doesn't seem like Saturday, right? Saturday is the day that people are off work, except people were off work yesterday. Saturday is the day that the traffic is lighter. But the traffic was lighter yesterday. So, it's literally one day blending into the other. And just as a matter of perspective, a matter of context, this feels like it's been going on forever. But it really hasn't. New York State had its first case of COVID just 27 days ago. [...] Contact the Press Office Contact us by phone:
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2024-08-15): MSM were the population most affected by HIV in the U.S. in 2022. [...] People Living with HIV [...] According to the latest CDC data:
Claim: “Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.” (Mark Born, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2022-02-10): The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout caused significant hardship. In the early months of the crisis, tens of millions of people lost their jobs. While employment began to rebound within a few months, unemployment remained high throughout 2020. Improving employment and substantial relief measures helped reduce the very high levels of hardship seen in the summer of 2020. Nonetheless, considerable unmet need remained near the end of 2021, with 20 million households reporting having too little to eat in the past seven days and 10 million households behind on rent. In early 2022, some 3 million fewer people are employed than before the pandemic, though steady progress has been made, including in recent months. [...] The unemployment rate jumped in April 2020 to a level not seen since the 1930s — and stood at 4.9 percent in October 2021, compared with 3.5 percent in February 2020. That official unemployment rate, moreover, understated job losses. [...] During 2021, a large share of people getting jobless benefits only qualified because of the temporary eligibility expansions enacted in response to the pandemic. Permanent reforms are needed to fix an underlying system in which too many unemployed workers get inadequate benefits or no benefits at all.[14]