Initial unemployment claims in Ohio rose last week, with the state reporting 6,669 new filings for the week of Nov. 16-22, according to updated data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) has released updated unemployment claim data for the week of June 15 through June 21, 2025. Ohioans filed 4,908 initial ...

Stock photo from Getty Images. Ohio had the sixth-highest unemployment of any state in April. The news comes after years of state officials spending billions on economic growth programs tilted heavily ...

For half a century, Ohio has failed to maintain a solvent unemployment fund, and now lawmakers are debating two starkly different approaches to fix it—with one option placing the burden squarely on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio’s unemployment rate continued to rise in March, reaching 4.8%, the highest rate in more than two years, according to data released Friday by the Ohio Department of Job and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio in May had the fifth-highest unemployment in the United States. The people behind state programs that are supposed to create jobs aren’t taking credit for Ohio’s relatively high ...

State lawmakers and other experts have been discussing for years the best way to shore up the fund that pays Ohioans unemployment benefits, after the fund went broke during the last recession. A ...