Governor candidates diverge on jobs report
The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent after last month's 7,200-job gain, hitting an eight-year low. It dropped from 4.3 percent in August. The figures were released in the final leg of an election campaign focused on …
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Unemployment rates fall in 31 US states last month
FILE – In this Thursday March 13, 2014, file photo, job seekers attend a marijuana industry job fair hosted by Open Vape, a vaporizer company, in Downtown Denver. Unemployment rates fell in 31 U.S. states in September 2014, including many currently …
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Report: Kansas lags behind nation in job growth
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the national average, but the state's employment outlook for next year has improved, a report released Thursday shows. While employment nationwide grew by 1.9 percent nationally in the past …
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