Joshua Monhollen says he turned to an attorney for advice on what to do after multiple phone calls to appeal and three denied applications were unsuccessful.

The number of people filing unemployment benefits for the first time grew to a seasonally adjusted 223,000 last week, the highest one-week total in more than a month.

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years. Applications for ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Vermont dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

The state is still sending out ANCHOR benefits to homeowners and renters across the state. The state Department of Treasury says that $2.2 billion in benefits have been distributed to 1.9 million ...

United States unemployment applications hit ... Before adjusting for the seasonal factors the initial claims rose. States like Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania marked the most increase ...

All told, New Jersey has the 10th-highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 4.6%, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many of the layoffs were likely among hires that came on ...

The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 3,500 to 223,250. The overall number receiving unemployment benefits fell by 52,000 to 1.84 million ...