Tag: unemployment
Former Del. David Ramadan (R) Rips VA-05 GOP Nominee Bob Good...
We've written a lot about Virginia's 5th Congressional District, in part because there's been a great deal of drama there (e.g., see BREAKING: After...
Nick Freitas (R) Bashes Unemployment Insurance, Paid Sick Leave
From the DCCC:
Freitas Bashes Unemployment Insurance, Paid Sick Leave
Nick Freitas thinks paid sick leave and unemployment insurance are too expensive and he really, really...
The Trump GOP’s Economy: New Unemployment Claims Hit 1.4 Million; 18th-Straight...
New unemployment numbers are out this morning from the U.S. Department of Labor, and they're not great, either for the country as a whole...
As Unemployment Claims Continue to Surge Nationally and in Virginia, Republicans...
As millions more Americans file for unemployment insurance (another 2.4 million nationally this past week alone, including another 45,788 of our fellow Virginians), what...
Video: Economic and Revenue Briefings for the Virginia General Assembly’s “Money...
How badly is the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Virginia's budget and economy, and how is the state government dealing with this? Check out the following...
Video: On Senate Floor, Sen. Mark Warner Calls for Paychecks for...
From Sen. Mark Warner's office:
ON SENATE FLOOR, WARNER CALLS FOR PAYCHECKS FOR LAID-OFF, FURLOUGHED WORKERS
~ Senator warns of economic depression, calls for Paycheck Security programto...
Initial Virginia Unemployment Data Indicates Greater Job Losses Among Virginians of...
From The Commonwealth Institute:
Initial Virginia Unemployment Data Indicates Greater Job Losses Among Virginians of Color; The Same Thing Happened During the Last Recession
In the...
Another 3.2 Million Americans, Including 61k Virginians, File Initial Unemployment Benefit...
Another week, another set of nasty unemployment insurance weekly claims data from the U.S. Department of Labor. For the U.S., we’re talking about another...
Another 4.4 Million Unemployment Claims Nationally; Another 84,387 Claims in Virginia
Another week, another set of *ugly* numbers from the Department of Labor on unemployment claims...including another 4,427,000 claims nationally in the week ending April...
Virginia’s Huge Unemployment Numbers Likely to Get “Huger” (Gig Economy Edition)
by A Siegel
For the week ending April 4, “seasonally unadjusted initial claims in Virginia was 147,369” and “67.4 times higher than the comparable...