The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week but remain elevated more than nine months into the health and economic crisis triggered by the..
Another 885,000 people filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, on a seasonally adjusted basis. More than 20.6 million people have now filed for some form of government unemployment..
The state's Department of Labor reports that 15,754 unemployment insurance claims were made for the week ending on Dec. 12. That was up slightly from the previous week when 15,361 claims were made.
More than 18,000 new unemployment claims were made in Maryland last week.
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