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 January 31st, there were more than 18-thousand first time filings in the state.  That number is more than five-thousand filings higher than the week prior.  Nationally, there was an increase in the number of initial filings for the week.