About 20,000 out-of-work Virginians who are still receiving extended unemployment benefits during the pandemic are going to see those benefits end starting Saturday.
Through Oct. 3, Missourians receiving unemployment through all three major unemployment programs totaled about 160,000, well above the headline figure.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week that Missouri's September unemployment rate dropped to 4.9%, lower than all but five states.
In Illinois, new claims ticked up by 2,000 to 28,000 the week ended Sept. 26.
Michelle Baik hands a customer their food at Fire Chicken in Overland on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Fire Chicken is a Korean restaurant owned …
Still, the state figures released Thursday remain high for this time of year.
Symbolically rolling their cases through the streets of downtown St. Louis, members of the International Alliance of Stage and Theatre Employe…
Lakeisha Martin, a CNA and EMT at Riverview Care Center, talks to a reporter following a protest outside Riverview Care Center in St. Louis on…
Employees watch a protests outside Riverview Care Center in St. Louis on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The protesters are decrying what they say ar…