INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE IN MARYLAND

First-time unemployment claims are higher in Maryland.  The U.S. Labor Department reports for the week ending last Saturday, claims totaled more than 23-hundred.  That’s an increase of over 250 from the previous week.  In DC, claims for initial jobless benefits dropped by nearly 100, to 194.  Virginia saw an estimated 15-hundred claims, an increase of just 15.