Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

The latest report from Virginia Works shows unemployment claims continue to rise annually across the Commonwealth.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Virginia was the only state with a statistically significant rise in unemployment rates from May to June, increasing from 3.4% to 3.5% Federal job cuts under Trump ...

A Bluefield University economics professor said Virginia’s upcoming minimum wage increase will most likely result in increased unemployment.

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 ...

The unemployment rate in Virginia was up in July, the seventh straight month that we’ve had an increase – July, note, was the seventh month of the year. Beyer also cited the hundreds of thousands of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s unemployment rate is on the rise. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Virginia was the only state in the country to see a statistically significant rise ...