Unemployment

Virginia's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 5.2 percent -- the lowest it has been in 4 1/2 years. The jobless rate dropped from the 5.3 percent rate in March and the 5.9 percent rate in April 2012, the Virginia Employment Commission...

Yuma County's jobless rate jumped to 30.3 percent for April, according to the latest numbers released Thursday by the Arizona Department of Administration. That compares to an unemployment rate of 25.9 percent for March and 26.3 percent in April 2012....

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. A handful of states, including Illinois,...

East Stroudsburg University's union faculty members were notified this week of potential layoffs in the 2013-14 academic year. ESU's faculty union learned of the possibility during a "meet and discuss" meeting Tuesday, according to a memo sent to the...

New Jersey's unemployment rate in April dipped to 8.7 percent -- its lowest level in four years, though still 1.2 percentage points higher than the national average. New Jersey's economy added 3,300 jobs in April, according to a monthly survey of...

South Carolina's jobless rate plunged in April to 8 percent -- its lowest level in nearly five years -- as hiring for summer tourism ramped up, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday. The jobless rate was 8.4 percent in March. It...

The state unemployment rate fell in April from the month before but was still higher than a year ago, according to date released jointly by Illinois and the U.S. government. The Illinois rate last month stood at 9.3 percent, down from 9.5 percent in...

Horry County's unemployment rate fell more than three times faster than the statewide rate in April, making the 8.1 percent unemployment recorded just 0.1 points behind the statewide rate. The drop also vaulted Horry ahead of counties it had trailed...

The local unemployment rate fell in April but it was a lackluster month for the job market. Polk County's jobless rate was 7.4 percent last month, down from 9.3 percent the year before and 7.7 percent in March, according to state workforce data released...

Miami-Dade received another weak jobs report Friday, with employers barely keeping pace with last year's hiring and fewer people looking for work. The April employment report released Friday morning did bring one statistical save for Miami-Dade: the...

After a few robust months, the pace of hiring in California slowed in April as employers concerned about the economy cut back on adding new employees. In a month in which the nation added 165,000 net new jobs, the Golden State gained just 10,400...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for overly low inflation and overly high unemployment over the next two to three...