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Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee for governor, on Tuesday committed to pursue legislation next year that accepts $125 million in unemployment stimulus funds. The money will help Virginians who lost their jobs participate in workforce-training programs and assist the unemployed and their families as they search for work in the worst economy since the…
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The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending July 18 was 554,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 524,000. The four-week moving average was 566,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 585,000.
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In the week ending July 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 565,000, a decrease of 52,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 617,000, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor today.
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The national unemployment rate inched up a bit in June, to 9.5 percent, a tenth of a point higher than May and getting close to double where we were at the start of the recession in December 2007. Another measure that factors in people working part-time who would prefer full-time work, the long-term unemployed who…
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Unemployment ticked up a bit across the Valley in May, though the slight increases were called seasonal by a Virginia Employment Commission economist today. Waynesboro still has the highest unemployment rate locally, at 9.1 percent, up from the 8.8 percent mark in April, according to VEC data released today. Staunton was up from 6.9 percent…
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26th House District Democratic Party nominee Gene Hart speaks Thursday, April 23, 2009, at a Results, Not Roadblocks rally addressing the vote of House Republicans to block the receipt of federal stimulus monies for unemployment benefits at the Harrisonburg Virginia Employment Commission office.
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Imagine this: Fire breaks out in your next-door neighbor’s house. It endangers yours. Fortunately our faithful fire departments respond quickly. Unfortunately—this would never happen here, but remember, we’re imagining—one of the squads needs to use your hose. The squad has the water; all they need, urgently, is your hose.
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Recently I read in the News Leader an attempt by Del. Steve Landes to explain away his rejection of the $125 million in federal stimulus money dedicated to unemployment insurance. Early on in his commentary Del. Landes states, “This would have been a permanent change to unemployment benefits.” As Steve Landes and everyone else in…
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Results, Not Roadblocks was the theme of the news event featuring Democratic Party candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates at the Virginia Employment Commission office in Harrisonburg Thursday afternoon. AFP editor Chris Graham was there and reports across the media platforms. The videos feature 15th District Democratic nominee John Lesinsky, 20th District Democratic nominee…
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The House Republican majority has unwittingly given Democrats a cornerstone to their efforts to take back the junior legislative chamber next fall. “While Bob McDonnell and the House Republicans are fighting ideological battles with Washington, real Virginians are hurting,” said Levar Stoney, executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia, talking up the petition drive…
