Close to half a million people have lost their jobs in Alabama since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and the Department of Labor admitted about thirty percent of those people are still waiting..
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul joined 7 Eyewitness News Anchor Ashley Rowe on Thursday to discuss re-opening the economy, the plan for the rest of the school year, and the continued challenges with..
That's double the record high of 3.3 million claims from the previous week.
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