FIRST TIME UNEMPLOYMENT FILINGS INCREASE ACROSS PA

First time filings for unemployment are increasing across Pennsylvania.  That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor, which says for the week ending July 12th, there were more than 13-thousand first time filings in the state.  That number is up by more than 18-hundred compared to the week prior.  Nationally, the number of initial filings dropped for the week.