Since Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a stay-at-home order for the state that went into effect on March 21, there have been over 80 shootings and at least 70 shooting victims, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). In the same period at l…

REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri Salary cuts — last seen during the global financial crisis in 2008 — are back as companies try to cut costs as the coronavirus pandemic drives an economic slowdown. While the move keeps workers employed and could help companies surviv…

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Drone footage shows coffins stacked in a pit in the city, as the state logs more cases than any country.

On April 4, Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York heard that the Suffolk County stockpile of masks, gowns, face shields and body bags was empty.

Even when the medical threat of coronavirus disappears, psychiatrists say people across the globe will battle psychological scars for years.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the African American community harder than the general US population, early data suggests. Michigan, Illinois, and North Carolina are the only states that have publicly broken down the data on coronavirus infections and deaths…

How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every state

A closely watched survey finds US consumer confidence at the lowest level in three years.

22 states have issued stay-at-home orders, encouraging isolation measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Other metro areas, such as Anchorage, Alaska; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Houston and Dallas, Texas; are also under stay-at-home orders. In…

That's nearly five times as many claims as the previous record of 695,000 in October 1982.

Source: St. Louis Fed; Chart: Axios Visuals It's the most stunning chart of this crisis yet — the number of people filing for unemployment spiked to 3.3 million last week, a number unprecedented in U.S. history. Why it matters: This is a picture of what happe…

Amid the all-time high of more than three million people who applied for unemployment insurance last week, Congress and the Trump administration plan to provide recipients with an extra $600 per week for up to four months.

The financial hardship caused by the coronavirus outbreak could fall particularly hard on African Americans and Latinos, undoing economic gains President Donald Trump has touted in his outreach to those key voting blocs ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted told reporters that a spike in unemployment had caused an issue with a website for jobless claims.

The S&P 500 <.SPX> opened lower, reversing a brief bounce in U.S. stock futures after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Monday said it would backstop an unprecedented range of credit for households, small businesses and major employers to offset the "tremendous har…

"Two weeks ago, we probably would not have believed we were going to be in this situation," Jeff Donofrio, director of Michigan's Department of Labor, said.

The U.S. economy is deteriorating more quickly than was expected just days ago, as extraordinary measures designed to curb the coronavirus keep 84 million Americans penned in their homes and cause the near-total shutdown of most businesses. In a single 24-h…

Job losses are piling up around the U.S. as the coronavirus brings the economy to a virtual standstill.

Ford, GM, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota said they will temporarily close most all their North America factories.

RT @jjoque: A few thoughts about the Iowa Caucuses: what we are seeing there is part of a larger shift, the same thing that happened with t…

RT @RuanoFaxas: @realDonaldTrump "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate" #Trump https…

RT @RuanoFaxas: @realDonaldTrump "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate" #Trump https…

RT @RuanoFaxas: @realDonaldTrump "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate" #Trump https…

RT @aricnesbitt: The last time we were “blown away” led to double digit unemployment, goverment shutdowns, tax increases, and our young tal…

RT @LtGovGilchrist: Michigan’s unemployment rate is low. It’s only been this low 3 times since the 1970s, and one of those was during @GovW…

That is false. You did allow achievements need company to manufacture batteries in Michigan & though you shut down all mining ng you lifted tariffs on China to allow shipment of materials mined by child slave labor. Not a win nor is folks falling off unemployment rolls @POTUS https://t.co/3h9Ejw9H8u

RT @LtGovGilchrist: Michigan’s unemployment rate is low. It’s only been this low 3 times since the 1970s, and one of those was during @GovW…

RT @DaveBondyTV: Whitmer makes untrue claims about Michigan’s job recovery. Whitmer says unemployment level is lowest since the ‘70s: It i…

RT @LtGovGilchrist: Michigan’s unemployment rate is low. It’s only been this low 3 times since the 1970s, and one of those was during @GovW…

RT @LtGovGilchrist: Michigan’s unemployment rate is low. It’s only been this low 3 times since the 1970s, and one of those was during @GovW…

RT @MiDataAnalytics: Michigan teens are forecasted to have low unemployment rates as they enter a favorable labor market this summer. Teen…

Ottawa County’s April 2023 unemployment rate dropped to 2.3%—our lowest since December 2019. This rate is the fifth lowest in Michigan for the month, with county measures ranging from 1.5% in Livingston to 13.4% in Mackinac. https://t.co/VZbabKoo60

RT @taisimsMI: ICYMI: Michigan’s unemployment rate is 3.8%! The unemployment rate is below 4% for only the third period of time since the…

Michigan’s unemployment rate last month dipped to a level seen only three times since the 1970’s. https://t.co/Zvo5EYRCl5

ICYMI: Michigan’s unemployment rate is 3.8%! The unemployment rate is below 4% for only the third period of time since the 1970s (twice under @GovWhitmer). Our labor force participation rate is up and Black unemployment is at a 20-YEAR LOW. Promises made. Promises kept.

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @MuellerSheWrote: We have a 3.4% unemployment rate and it’s republicans that want to default on debt, but do go on.

RT @DemGovs: Gov. @GretchenWhitmer is leading Michigan toward a brighter economic future — with an unemployment rate of 3.8%, matching the…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: Gov. @GretchenWhitmer is leading Michigan toward a brighter economic future — with an unemployment rate of 3.8%, matching the…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: Gov. @GretchenWhitmer is leading Michigan toward a brighter economic future — with an unemployment rate of 3.8%, matching the…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…

RT @DemGovs: GOOD NEWS ALERT: This week, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all announced record-low unemployment rates in April. That’…