Statewide Newswire

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development saw a massive increase in the number of new unemployment claims compared to the number of claims just two weeks ago. According to a weekly report of unemployment claims, the department received more than 94,000 new claims for the week ending March 28, compared to about 2,700 just two weeks ago and ...

The state of Tennessee experienced an unprecedented spike in new initial unemployment claims according to data released this morning by the United States Department of Labor. For the week ending March 21, 2020, Tennesseans filed 39,096 initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits. The week prior, the state received 2,702 new unemployment claims. The latest figure represents a nearly 20-fold increase ...