As the government shutdown approaches its one month mark, the Virginia Employment Commission is noticing a spike in ...

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.

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 ...

Over 121,000 federal employees have faced layoffs or have been targeted for layoffs Virginia’s initial unemployment claims rose 8.1% in one week. Expert expects to see reduction in the state’s ...

Both furloughed workers and so-called "excepted" government employees, who must continue to show up to work during the ...

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 ...