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Washington sees 31 percent spike in unemployment claims

By Washington Examiner
Published May 22, 2020 7:00pm ET
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Washington sees 31 percent spike in unemployment claims
Washington saw a 31 spike in new unemployment claims last week, according to federal labor data. The state had 145,228 initial unemployment claims filed in the week ending May 16, up over 34,000 claims from the prior week. Washington has had over 1.2 million new jobless claims in the nine weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Washington saw a 31 spike in new unemployment claims last week, according to federal labor data.

The state had 145,228 initial unemployment claims filed in the week ending May 16, up over 34,000 claims from the prior week.

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