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Tennessee Unemployment Filings Are High Again, But The Wave May Have Crested

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It appears the unemployment curve may be flattening in Tennessee. The number of people filing for assistance has decreased for the second straight week. But the numbers are still far above normal. Nearly 69,000 additional Tennesseans filed last week, according to new numbers this morning. The total for initial claims during the pandemic now stands […]

Tennessee’s Overwhelmed Unemployment Website Goes Offline For Second Straight Week

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For the second week in a row, Tennessee’s website to file for unemployment has been temporarily taken offline so that payments can be processed. The labor department announced on Twitter this morning that the system was overwhelmed. It says Jobs4TN.gov should be back online this afternoon. ALERT: Jobs4TN is currently processing the daily payment register […]

New Servers And New Rules Are Coming To Field The Surge Of Tennessee Unemployment Claims

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Tennessee paid out $94 million Tuesday to people who are unemployed in the state, in its first day of distributing federal pandemic aid. But many others are reporting difficulties even getting onto the portal to file claims. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which runs jobs4tn.gov, says the unemployment portal was built to […]

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