SALT LAKE CITY-The number of Utahns seeking unemployment decreased to 7,135 last week per numerous reports. Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor revealed the decrease from April 26 when 9,057 filed for unemployment benefits. The continual trend shows the high unemployment numbers caused by COVID-19. However, Kevin Burt, the Unemployment […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy. The losses, reported by the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state needs to recoup millions of dollars in unemployment benefits now that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. KUTV reports the state unemployment office is in charge of collecting the more than $2 million in benefits paid out to 2,100 furloughed federal employees […]
