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  • 14 states hit record-low unemployment

    04/23/2018 10:50:47 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    thehill.com ^ | 04/23/18 11:21 AM EDT | By Reid Wilson
    Fourteen states have set new records for low unemployment rates in the last year, nearly a decade after the recession put millions of Americans out of work. The states hitting new unemployment lows run the ideological gamut, from conservative Texas to liberal California, suggesting a recovery stronger than any particular political persuasion. In March, eight states saw new record lows, including Hawaii (2.1 percent), Idaho (2.9 percent), Kentucky (4 percent ), Maine (2.7 percent), Mississippi (4.5 percent), Oregon (4.1 percent) and Wisconsin (2.9 percent). California also set a new record last month. The Golden State’s unemployment rate stands at 4.1...
  • Employers cut jobs in 31 US states as growth slows

    04/21/2015 5:10:54 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 16 replies
    AP via Yahoo News ^ | 4/21/15 | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
    Employers in 31 U.S. states cut jobs last month as weak economic growth weighed on hiring and a slowdown in oil and gas drilling caused big job losses in some states. The Labor Department said Tuesday that unemployment rates rose or were unchanged in 27 states and fell in 23 states. Eighteen states gained jobs, while employment was unchanged in Idaho.