Montgomery Community Media

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents, which had been decreasing for several weeks, rose for the second week in a row. During the week that ended March 20, county residents filed 2,401 initial claims. During the week ending March 13, 2,024 residents filed initial claims. During the week that ending March 6, […]

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to climb during the week ending Jan. 16. Last week, 4,503 residents filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). That is more than 1,500 new claims as compared with the prior week’s filing. During the week that ended Jan. 9, 3,376 […]