Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in North Carolina last week compared with the week prior.

The state’s Division of Employment Security is making progress toward improving first time unemployment insurance payments, ...

Incoming North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein visited Asheville and called on more visitors to come to the city after Tropical ...

North Carolina legislators summoned Division of Employment Security officials to a hearing following a report by the state auditor's office that said too many unemployment checks were being sent late.

The job losses are not as severe as during the pandemic, but the recovery is more complicated as Buncombe County goes from ...

The deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) has been extended to January 7, 2025, for people in 39 North ...

Workers who live or work in the 39 impacted counties qualify for up to 14 weeks of federal benefits. Those benefits will be ...

Meanwhile, unemployment claims and hiring have rebounded strongly ... October numbers were affected by labor actions and two hurricanes which struck Florida and North Carolina. A major jobs report ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Michigan 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 9,596 ...

It’s been more than 20 years since the maximum weekly benefit rate cap has been increased ... Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at historically healthy levels. Jobless claim applications rose by 9,000 to 224,000 for the week of Nov. 30 ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The economic fallout from Hurricane Helene is beginning to become apparent in unemployment data from North Carolina. The unemployment rate in hard-hit Buncombe County rose from 2.5% ...