this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt jeff: good evening, everyone. weekly jobless claims hit their highest level since april today, and that s raising concerns about tomorrow s july employment report. suzanne, many economists think 65,000 jobs dropped from payrolls last month. suzanne: jeff, meanwhile the senate today moved to help stem further job cuts. it passed a bill sending $26 billion in aid to help supplement state medicaid spending and school funding. jeff: that money is aimed at helping state and local governments save thousands of jobs. but, as stephanie dhue reports, lawmakers had to make some significant cuts. reporter: the bill sends $16 billion to states for their medicaid budgets and $10 billion to schools to prevent teacher layoffs. senator patty murray says the money could save 130,000 jobs. this is a huge victory for american families in our country, and ev
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt jeff: good evening, everyone. weekly jobless claims hit their highest level since april today, and that s raising concerns about tomorrow s july employment report. suzanne, many economists think 65,000 jobs dropped from payrolls last month. suzanne: jeff, meanwhile the senate today moved to help stem further job cuts. it passed a bill sending $26 billion in aid to help supplement state medicaid spending and school funding. jeff: that money is aimed at helping state and local governments save thousands of jobs. but, as stephanie dhue reports, lawmakers had to make some significant cuts. reporter: the bill sends $16 billion to states for their medicaid budgets and $10 billion to schools to prevent teacher layoffs. senator patty murray says the money could save 130,000 jobs. this is a huge victory for american families in our country, and ev
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt jeff: good evening, everyone. weekly jobless claims hit their highest level since april today, and that s raising concerns about tomorrow s july employment report. suzanne, many economists think 65,000 jobs dropped from payrolls last month. suzanne: jeff, meanwhile the senate today moved to help stem further job cuts. it passed a bill sending $26 billion in aid to help supplement state medicaid spending and school funding. jeff: that money is aimed at helping state and local governments save thousands of jobs. but, as stephanie dhue reports, lawmakers had to make some significant cuts. reporter: the bill sends $16 billion to states for their medicaid budgets and $10 billion to schools to prevent teacher layoffs. senator patty murray says the money could save 130,000 jobs. this is a huge victory for american families in our country, and ev
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt jeff: good evening, everyone. weekly jobless claims hit their highest level since april today, and that s raising concerns about tomorrow s july employment report. suzanne, many economists think 65,000 jobs dropped from payrolls last month. suzanne: jeff, meanwhile the senate today moved to help stem further job cuts. it passed a bill sending $26 billion in aid to help supplement state medicaid spending and school funding. jeff: that money is aimed at helping state and local governments save thousands of jobs. but, as stephanie dhue reports, lawmakers had to make some significant cuts. reporter: the bill sends $16 billion to states for their medicaid budgets and $10 billion to schools to prevent teacher layoffs. senator patty murray says the money could save 130,000 jobs. this is a huge victory for american families in our country, and ev