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Va. new jobless claims up, while continued claims decline
Compared to 2020, new claims down 74%
Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose to 8,196 in the filing week ending June 26, but continued claims decreased, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Last week saw an increase of 1,291
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Va. new jobless claims dropped below 7,000 last week
Continued claims filed declined from previous week
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell last week, as did continued claims, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending June 19, 6,905 people filed initial jobless claims,
Va. General Assembly to convene special session on Aug. 2
Legislators to allocate $4.3B in federal stimulus funding
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The Virginia General Assembly will convene in Richmond on Aug. 2 for a special session to allocate more than $4.3 billion in federal relief funding, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday
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State program would incentivize new workers with up to $1,000
To ease labor shortage, state will match up to $500 in payments to workers at eligible small businesses
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To combat Virginia’s tight labor market, the state plans to invest $3 million in a program to provide new employees of qualifying small businesses with up to $1,000 to support
Va. April unemployment rate at 4.7%, drops nearly half point
State's jobless rate a year ago was 10%+
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Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 4.7% in April, dropping 0.4 percentage points below March’s jobless rate. April’s statewide unemployment rate was 5.9 percentage points below April 2020’s rate
Va. sees second week of slightly lower initial jobless claims
Continued claims up by 2,500, however
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Virginia saw another week of little change in initial unemployment claims, with 10,642 new claims filed during the week ending May 15, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. This was
Lessons from COVID-19
With pandemic’s end in sight, what are our takeaways?
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For most of us, March 13 marked the one-year anniversary of our worlds ceasing to operate normally. We remember institutions closing, schools shuttering, and that last day in the office.
Va. sees 67% drop in weekly jobless claims
Decline comes after 171% increase reported previous week
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The state’s number of initial unemployment claims continues to fluctuate wildly, with only 12,231 Virginians submitting new jobless claims for the week ending May 1, a drop of 25,125 claims
Northam: Many restrictions likely to be lifted June 15
Governor says mask mandate will still depend on CDC guidance, though
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Virginia will relax most COVID-19 mitigation measures by June 15 if vaccination numbers continue to increase and spread of the virus continues to decrease, Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday, but
Reston-based Maximus gets $951M contract for national COVID hotline
Contractor will manage surge support and vaccine assistance calls for CDC
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Reston-based government services company Maximus has received a potential $951 million contract to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 national surge support and vaccine assistance hotline. In