And here some good news to welcome the weekend. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, the state unadjusted unemployment rate for April fell to 6.6 percent in April, .3 percent less than in March.
In Charlottesville, the number of unemployed residents decreased to 5,860 in April (5.5. percent) from 6,040 (5.6 percent) in March.
One year ago, the local unemployment rate was as low as 2.5 percent.
Full strength The University of Virginia Board of Visitors met February 20 and elected Carlos Brown and Victoria Harker as rector and vice rector, respectively. The Board now has no leadership vacancies. The rector and vice rector positions remained unfilled for more than a month following the abrupt departure of Rachel Sheridan and Porter Wilkinson […]
In an April 21 indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The full indictment details SPLC’s collaboration with and payment of an informant, F-37, who was a member of an “online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 ‘Unite […]
