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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More than 51,000 people applied for first-time unemployment benefits in the last week, according to data released by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The 51,108 first-time claims bring the state’s unemployment total to 607,788 in the last nine ...

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More than 65,000 new unemployment claims were filed in Maryland as the total number of people who are out of work in the state exceeds 500,000 in two months.

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U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, a slowdown from recent months but enough to suggest that the economy is expanding at a solid pace despite sharp gyrations in the stock market.

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