In Virginia, 1,250 claims filed in the first two weeks of October identified a federal employer and more than 900 of those claims were related to furloughs.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When registered nurse ...

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 ...

Right after setting her out-of-office email on October 1, one furloughed US Department of Agriculture worker filed for unemployment benefits to help her pay for food, rent and other necessities during ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,666 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With Virginia’s unemployment rate being the highest it’s been in four years, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that it’s the only state to see an unemployment ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Virginia rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...