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Va. unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in September
September marks 16th month of declining rate
In September, Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, 0.2 points below August’s rate, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The state’s unemployment rate has declined for 16 months straight. In September 2020, the jobless rate was at 6.6%, 2.8 points higher than last month. The labor force decreased by 3,859 to 4.2 million, but the number
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Moderna, J&J booster shots now available in Va.
VDH recommends people who got J&J dose get 2nd shot two months after first
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Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots are now available in Virginia, the Virginia Department of Health announced Friday. Dr. Danny Avula, the state’s vaccination liaison, said in a statement that pharmacies, doctors’ offices, hospitals and other providers are prepared for the rollout of the booster shots, which has been in the works for
Va. new jobless claims drop under 2,000
VEC reported continued claims rose to 58K
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims fell dramatically last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 16, Virginians filed 1,967 initial claims, a decrease of 7,380 claims from the week before. Continued claims totaled 58,421, an increase of 11,954 claims from the previous week. Compared to the same week last year,
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Va. new jobless claims nearly flat
VEC reported an increase of about 7% in new claims, while continued claims dropped 484 filings
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose slightly more than 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported late Thursday. For the filing week ending Oct. 9, people filed 10,040 initial claims, an increase of 680 from last week. Continued claims totaled 43,535, a decrease of 484 claims from the previous week. Because of the Monday holiday,
Hampton Roads State of the Region report shows slow recovery
Cases and jobs have risen and fallen, and labor force has shrunk
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The Hampton Roads region is slowly recovering from pandemic-spurred economic distress but has lost a large chunk of its workforce, according to Old Dominion University’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis & Policy’s 2021 State of the Region Report released Tuesday. Hampton Roads’ labor force and individual employment levels peaked in February 2020, only to be
Va. new jobless claims increase slightly
VEC reported 9,360 reports filed, down from 15K two weeks ago
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Virginia’s new unemployment claims rose about 7% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday, following a 300% surge two weeks ago and then declined to more normal levels last week. For the filing week ending Oct. 2, people filed 9,360 initial claims, an increase of 643 from the week before. Continued claims totaled 44,019,
Va. new jobless claims settle down after last week’s surge
VEC reports 8,717 filed, down 7K from previous week
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After a 300% surge in new unemployment claims the previous week, the state saw numbers return to relatively normal levels in the filing week ending Sept. 25, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Last week, 8,717 people filed initial claims, a decrease of 7,245 from the week before. Continued claims, however, rose by 9,672 last
Governor: Staff shortages becoming dire in Va. hospitals
Northam warns that hospital staffers are 'losing patience' with non-vaccinated
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that hospital workers in the state are “losing their patience” and that medical facilities will not be able to handle all patients with COVID-19 or other ailments if hospitals are understaffed beyond where they are now. “They need our help,” he said Monday at a news conference. “It’s getting to
New jobless claims in Va. surge by 300%
15K people filed for unemployment insurance last week
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After three weeks of declining unemployment claims statewide, the number of new claims shot up more than 300% last week, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. At the same time, continued claims dropped by more than 3,000 for the filing week ending Sept. 18. The VEC said in Thursday’s report that the end of federal
Va. unemployment rate drops to 4% in August
Decline continues for 15th month
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In August, the state’s unemployment rate was at 4%, a 0.2-point decline below July’s rate, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The state’s unemployment rate has declined for 15 months straight, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the state’s jobless rate was at 7%, 3 points higher than last month. Virginia continued to