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5/14/2014Read More...
April springs Washington forward with new jobs
OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy flowered with increased hiring and fewer unemployed workers in April, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted estimates by economists with the state’s Employment Security Department.
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5/13/2014Read More...
Gov. Inslee announces grant award to return long-term unemployed to work
OLYMPIA – More than 1,300 long-term unemployed workers in Washington will be placed in jobs over the next year through grants awarded today by Gov. Jay Inslee and the Employment Security Department.
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4/28/2014Read More...
May 5 is deadline to apply for SR-530 landslide disaster unemployment benefits
OLYMPIA - Workers and self-employed individuals who lost jobs or whose work hours were substantially cut because of the State Route 530 landslide have just one more week to apply for disaster unemployment assistance.
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4/16/2014Read More...
Washington’s employment picture brightens in March
OLYMPIA – A small improvement in the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate began in February and was matched in March, according to revised and preliminary estimates by economists with the state’s Employment Security Department.
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4/15/2014Read More...
Employment Security recoups nearly $11 million from income-tax refunds
OLYMPIA – The Employment Security Department has collected more than $10.8 million in income-tax refunds over the past year without ever filing a tax return.
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4/14/2014Read More...
Earth Day brings volunteers to the Ohop Valley
OLYMPIA – Cris Peck, a Washington Service Corps member serving his second term with the Nisqually Land Trust, will lead an Earth Day project to maintain one of the trust’s largest restoration sites in South Puget Sound.
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4/14/2014Read More...
Expect dirty hands at Earth Day events
OLYMPIA – Washington Service Corps members will get their hands dirty at a variety of Earth Day cleanup, planting and habitat restoration projects in King County. Look for people wearing vests with the AmeriCorps logo.
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4/3/2014Read More...
Disaster unemployment benefits authorized for SR-530 landslide
OLYMPIA - Disaster unemployment benefits are now available to workers and self-employed individuals who lost their jobs or had their work hours substantially reduced as a result of the State Route 530 landslide in Snohomish County.