Unemployment Claims Spike (3-26-20)

State has also been dealing with skyrocketing unemployment claims as people have been laid off from their jobs due to the coronavirus shutdown.

Kq2's ron johnson spoke with downtown business owners and joins us in studio with more on the economic impact of covid-19 in the state.thanks jodie, 42,207 that the number of unemployment claims filed this past week in the show me state, that number's more than ten times higher than the unemployment claims filed the previous week.

Its one of the first signs of covid-19's economic impact across the state, and even right here in st.

Joseph small business owners are feeling big impacts.

We talked to one businessowner downtown who told us he's had to cut staff.

(sot ) "that are out there" this news comes as nearly 3.3 million unemployment claims were filed across the country this week, a record spike.

Business owners downtown say the impact the virus is having on the local economy is concerning, they say the worry about what impact it could have on the area's ongoing revitalization efforts.

In the studio ron johnson kq2