Pennsylvania saw more than 64,000 file for unemployment claims last week

An estimated 64,078 Pennsylvanians filed for claims of unemployment within the last week, a decrease of 9,610 claims or 13% from the previous week's revised number of nearly 73,700 claims according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor. It is now estimated that 2.1 million unemployment claims have been filed in Pennsylvania since the week ending on March 21. Claims have decreased every week since peaking at around 406,000 claims during the week ending on March 28. Nationally, claims…