With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs.

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First-time unemployment claims in Maryland declined for the second consecutive week to 23,203. The U.S. Department of Labor report released today for the week ending Oct. 17 represents a decline of 5,165 claims compared to the previous week. Claims for extended ...

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The number of first-time unemployment claims in Maryland nearly doubled in a week and there are signs that the the local and national employment situation is stalling less than a month before the 2020 Presidential election.

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The number of laid-off workers who applied for unemployment benefits declined slightly to 1.48 million last week, the 12th straight drop and a sign that layoffs are slowing but are still at a painfully high level.

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Almost 42,000 people filed first-time unemployment benefit claims in the last week, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. The 41,941 claims for the week ending June 13 is 11,523 fewer than the week before. Despite the decrease, last week’s ...

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About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

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Nearly 700,000 Marylanders are out of work as a result of efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, the ninth straight decline since applications spiked in mid-March, a sign that the gradual reopening of businesses has slowed the loss of jobs.

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A debate in Congress over whether to extend $600 a week in federally provided benefits to the unemployed looks sure to intensify with the number of people receiving the aid now topping 30 million — one in five workers.

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Another 48,963 Marylanders filed first-time unemployment claims last week, according to the latest statistics released by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

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