Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 227,000 for the week ending July 5, the Labor Department reported on July 10.

Unemployment claims are decreasing in some areas while soaring in others, highlighting the currently uneven state of the U.S.

Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ...

Litigation over Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2021 refusal to pay pandemic-related jobless assistance to 30,000 Iowans is continuing ...

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the historically healthy range of the past couple years.