ATLANTA — Federal unemployment benefits ended in Georgia after state leaders decided to pull out of those programs. And now, those who want to receive state assistance will need to submit proof that ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 4,070 ...

Georgia's November 2025 unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, significantly lower than the 4.6% national rate. October data was skipped due to a federal government shutdown. Health care and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now that the longest federal government shutdown in United States history has ended, employees of the U.S. government are able to ...

MACON, Ga. — Unemployment in the Warner Robins and Macon metro areas didn’t budge in August, but fewer people were out hunting for jobs, according to new data from the Georgia Department of Labor.