Connecticut unemployment claims

An error by the Connecticut Department of Labor resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor reporting Connecticut had a massive surge of 298,680 initial unemployment claims for the week ending May 9 – more than any other state in the country. But the number was off by huge margin. The ...

More than 21 percent of Connecticut’s workforce has filed for unemployment, the second highest rate in the country, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation. The Tax Foundation based its report on figures from the U.S. Department of Labor for the week ending April 18. Connecticut saw 102,757 ...