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Geri Maples is executive director of the SW Ohio chapter of Blue Star Families, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting military families by connecting them with resources.

People who apply for unemployment in Ohio must verify their identity. Most can do that electronically but, in some cases, they can’t. Now they now have another option – post offices.

U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.4% . The job market remains tight, despite signs of a slowing economy.

Two headlining cases, both related to the COVID-19 pandemic, come before the Ohio Supreme Court this week.

Central Ohio’s 2021 economy improved from 2020, but one local economist points to growing COVID-19 infections and inflation as still slowing the recovery.

The state's already shaky unemployment compensation fund ran out of money when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and businesses started to close, forcing Ohio to borrow dollars from the federal government. Now the state is starting to pay that money back, in time to avoid paying interest.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says Ohio's unemployment rate fell in September to 10.1% from 10.8% in August. But, spokesman Brian Harter…

Expectations of a massive hiring surge in April fell flat, with just 266,000 Americans returning to work. The U.S. workforce is still 8.2 million jobs short of pre-pandemic levels.

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of college and high school seniors.

Hiring by U.S. employers accelerated sharply amid an improving public health outlook and a new round of $1,400 relief payments.