BOISE, Idaho — Fewer people are filing initial unemployment insurance claims or requesting payments under continued claims, but Idaho's overall jobless numbers remain bleak.
The Idaho Department of Labor said Thursday that 4,700 people filed claims last week, a drop of about 1,100 from the week before that.
The agency also says that continued claims dropped 5.7% to about 57,000.
However, Idaho's unemployment rate for April was 11.5% with nearly 103,000 Idaho residents unemployed.
Idaho paid out $11.2 million in unemployment benefits last week, about an 8% decrease from the week before.
Idaho has been slowly reopening under Republican Gov. Brad Little's four-stage plan.
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