State sees 71.2% spike in initial unemployment claims in first week of February Week-by-week data is “incredibly noisy,” GMU economist notes, saying it’s not a gloomy indicator on its own Still, ...

For the week ending May 10, 3,992 people filed initial unemployment insurance claims — which is 46.8% higher than the previous week’s 2,720 claims and a 67.3% increase over a comparable week last year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Furloughed federal workers are beginning to seek unemployment in Virginia, with more than 900 claims related to the government ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently announced a decrease in Virginia’s unemployment rate and significant job gains throughout the state over the past year. Virginia’s unemployment rate ...