Virginia’s unemployment rate in May decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 2.9 percent, 0.4 percentage points above the rate from 2022. The Commonwealth’s unemployment rate is 0.8 percentage points ...

Sequoia Ross was stunned when she saw the price of groceries during a recent trip to the store. Items ought to be more ...

Governor Glenn Youngkin delivers State of the Commonwealth Address in Virginia 2023 Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Virginia’s nonfarm payroll employment rose by 1,200 jobs in May, ...

CEL Critical Power to create 250 jobs with a new facility in Virginia, boosting the US tech and manufacturing sectors.

C arolina Structural Systems is the latest of three manufacturing companies that recently announced expansion or relocation projects in Virginia. The manufacturer of custom wood trusses and other ...

The Emergency Committee on the Impacts of Federal Work Force and Funding Reductions met for the first time on Saturday. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) With federal government ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As the Trump administration continues to consider cuts to the federal government, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Virginia) is emphasizing that laid-off workers can find new opportunities ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Employment Commission has been granted more time to respond to a federal class-action lawsuit filed over delays at the agency overseeing the state’s unemployment ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. – There are new concerns over the Virginia Employment Commission and the backlog of unresolved unemployment claims. A judge ordered the VEC to provide weekly reports to show their ...

The Virginia Employment Commission is working with law enforcement to uncover a far-reaching fraud case in which about 4,200 unemployment insurance claims might have been compromised, the agency ...

Not every voter in Northern Virginia has felt the impact of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the federal ...