Unemployment

Missouri's unemployment rate has reached a record low.

Missouri’s unemployment rate has hit a tied record low.

Missouri's Department of Economic Development says unemployment dropped to 5 percent in October.

Despite raising concerns, Gov. Jay Nixon's administration is planning to implement legislation cutting Missouri's unemployment benefits to one of the shortest periods nationally.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would reduce the number of weeks people could receive unemployment benefits by linking it to the state's unemployment rate. That sends the bill back the Legislature, where leaders will try to override the veto...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri bill to link the length of unemployment benefits to the unemployment rate has approval from a House panel. The measure approved yesterday also would increase the amount of money the state must have saved to pay for benefits before reducing how much busines…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new report says Missouri's unemployment rate held steady last month while the state gained more than 13,000 jobs. Figures from the Department of Economic Development show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6...

WASHINGTON (JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000, the largest increase in more than a year.

Job growth in May beat economists' expectations, coming in at 175,000 new positions added, which aligns closely with the yearly average. The unemployment rate rose ever so slightly, from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent, a result of more people entering the work force, according to the Labor Departme…

The economy added 165,000 jobs in April, bringing the overall unemployment rate down a tick to 7.5 percent. The monthly report from the Labor Department also included upward revisions to the last two reports, helping to ease fears of a slowdown.