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Iowa registered more than 50,000 total unemployment claims the week of Feb. 21 for the ninth consecutive week, according to data released Thursday by the Iowa Workforce Development.
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The state House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday interrogated the acting secretary of the Department of Labor on jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, the troubles unemployment compensation claimants have had getting issues resolved; and how the department can erase its backlog of unresolved cases.
Between March and November of last year, the state has lost about 500,000 jobs, according to Jennifer Berrier, the acting secretary.
There were 6.1 million Pennsylvania residents in jobs in March, and that number fell by 1.12 million by May, then rose again, leveling off at 5.6 million in November, Berrier said, under questioning by state Rep. James Struzzi, R-Indiana.