New data suggests that the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to around 218,000 in the week ending ...

Data from states show that initial unemployment claims filed by federal government workers have jumped up this month.

Over 7,000 federal workers have reportedly filed unemployment claims as the government shutdown continues into its third week ...

Oregon’s jobless rate hit 5.0% in August, the highest point since the pandemic. But no one knows what’s happened since then.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, economists estimated on Thursday, ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Ohio dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 4,622 in ...

More than 1,600 federal workers in Washington state have filed for unemployment benefits since the government shutdown began ...

Kitsap is among four counties with the most employees filing claims, though essential workers going without pay cannot apply.

The spike means that those coming onto unemployment insurance are staying on longer as they struggle to find jobs.

Tokuda said that the initial 381 state unemployment claims linked directly to the federal government shutdown hint at what’s ...