Incumbent Abbe Burt, Christina Colarusso, and MacAleer Schilcher are the three candidates competing for the Tisbury Select Board seat in the upcoming town election. The Times sent questions to each candidate to get their views on some of the issues the town is facing, and why they’d be the best choice for the job. The […]
A worker at Brasserie Beck, a restaurant along K Street in downtown Washington, uses a power washer on the outdoor seating area, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Unemployment rates fell in the District, Maryland and Virginia in January, and all three continue to regain jobs, but the total workforce deficit is still significant.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in D.C. in January, there were 71,700 fewer jobs than there were a year ago. That’s down 8.9%.
In Maryland, the deficit was 169,000 jobs, a 6.1% drop. Virginia had 193,900 fewer jobs than a year earlier, down 4.7%.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the District fell to 8.4% in January, down from 8.8% in December. The unemployment rate in Maryland was 6.4%, down from 6.8%. Virginia’s unemployment rate in January was 5.3%, down from 5.6% in December.