Unemployment claims continue to fall in Wisconsin
Published February 24, 2010 - BizTimes Daily
First-time unemployment insurance claims in Wisconsin declined again last week to 16,644 from 16,992 in the previous week and 18,755 in the week before.
The total of first-time claims for the week ending Feb. 20 also was down 23.7 percent from the 21,801 claims filed in the same week of 2009, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The total number of unemployment claims in the state fell last week to 167,831, which was down from 168,745 in the prior week and down from 179,238 from the same week a year ago.



