FIRST TIME UNEMPLOYMENT FILINGS INCREASING 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 December 6th, there were more than 19-thousand first time filings in the state.  That number is up by more than four-thousand filings compared to the week prior.  Nationally, the number of initial filings increased for the week.