Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina saw a 0.2 percentage point increase in its unemployment rate since April of last year. According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the unemployment ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday issued an executive order to make it easier for people who lost their job due to the coronavirus to file for unemployment. The executive order made the ...

Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Wednesday increasing the maximum weekly unemployment payment available to North Carolinians in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The executive order applies ...

North Carolina legislators say they’re encouraged by improvements made within the state’s Division of Employment Security after the office faced scrutiny for repeatedly issuing late unemployment ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment rate was unchanged last month at 9.4 percent, breaking a four-month streak of declining unemployment rates, state officials said Friday. The total ...

The North Carolina House voted almost unanimously — with only one lawmaker opposed — on Tuesday to boost unemployment benefits to $450 a week. The bill needs one more vote, largely procedural, before ...

North Carolina lawmakers are weighing an uptick in unemployment payments, proposing a bill that would raise the cap from $350 to $450 weekly. House Bill 48, which was heard and approved by the House ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — New data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce shows the state's unemployment rate dropped to 3.4% in April, down from 3.7% in March. In Guilford County, the rate also ...

From left, NC Governor Pat McCrory, State Rep. Julia Howard, NC Commerce Secretary John Skvarla III, NC House Speaker Tim Moore, Sen. Bob Rucho participated in a ceremonial cutting up of a federal ...