Coronavirus: Nearly 6,000 Idahoans filed for unemployment last week, Labor Department says

Last week, 5,800 new unemployment claims were filed in the state, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. After six weeks of steady declines in new unemployment claims, last week was the first week where new claims basically held steady. The number of people requesting a benefit payment is now 60,121 — a decrease of just 8% from last week. Ada County residents filed the most …