TOPEKA | Kansas unemployment rate went DOWN in October to 6.4 percent. Down?
Yes, but don’t get too excited. The state’s Department of Labor says the dip (September’s jobless number was 6.8 percent) is mostly due to seasonal factors.
The monthly job data was released this morning by the Department of Labor.
Kansas [...]
Rep. Sam Graves says he's against legislation requiring almost every business to provide paid sick leave to employees who get the swine flu or other contagious diseases.
"At a time when our nation is facing a 10.2% unemployment rate, the last thing our small businesses need is another mandate," Graves [...]
The state’s unemployment rate fell by two-tenths of a percent to 9.3 percent in October.
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Down to 9.3%SIGN OF STABILITY A BRIGHT SPOT FOR NIXON Missouri's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 9.3 percent in October, keeping the Show-Me State's jobless rate about one full point below the national average. Nationally, the unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent last [...] Gov. Jay Nixon made no predictions about when Missouri's unemployment rate would drop and said it was "very, very difficult" to determine when the state would climb out of a recession.
Nixon also made the case that Missouri has been able to manage the recession better than other states and' [...]
KMBC: "While the recession is supposed to be over, the unemployment rate has broken through the double-digit 10.2% barrier in October." [...] 
Missouri Republicans hopped all over the new unemployment rate Friday, which hit double-digits for the first time in 26 years. GOPers said the 10.2 percent jobless number proved that the Obama administration's massive economic stimulus package failed to accomplish its intended goals, eight months after [...] 
WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine [...]
Congressman Ike Skelton recently met with U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to discuss the unemployment rate in the 4th Congressional District. 
