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June 18, 2020 | Samantha Subin

Over 5,000 County Residents File Unemployment Claims; New Filings Decrease 23 Percent

More than 5,400 Montgomery County residents filed for unemployment claims during the week that ended June 13, according to data from the Maryland Department of Labor. It’s a 23 percent decrease in new claims from the week that ended June 6. Of the 5,419 new claims, a combined 2,672 stemmed from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistant […]

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May 7, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Unemployment Claims More Than Double Since Last Week

Unemployment claims in Montgomery County topped 11,000 last week, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. That is double the 5,615 claims filed during the week that ended on April 25. However, the numbers actually are grimmer. Starting last week, the Department of Labor began reporting claims that were filed through the federal Pandemic Unemployment […]

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