About the same number of Montgomery County residents filed initial claims for unemployment as did last week. During the week ending Sept. 1, 1,167 residents filed initial unemployment claims. The prior week, 1,137 initial claims were filed. Statewide, the number of Marylanders filing initial claims dropped slightly, from 11,875 during the week that ended Aug. […]
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September 3, 2020 |
August 20, 2020 |
FEMA Approves Additional $300 per Week in Unemployment Benefits for Marylanders
Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday that FEMA has approved the state’s application for an additional $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits for Maryland residents. The Department of Labor submitted an application for the benefits, which fall under the Lost Wages Assistance program, on Wednesday. This grant will benefit the thousands of Marylanders and Montgomery […]
June 18, 2020 |
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 […]
May 7, 2020 |
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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