Georgia unemployment rate stays flat despite April job surge

STATE ROUNDUP
Georgia's unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% in April for the fourth month in a row, even as several jobs categories reached all-time highs, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.The state's labor force was up by 13,655 last month to a record high of nearly 5.4 million. The number of employed Georgians also hit an all-time high of almost 5.2 million, an increase of 11,620 in...

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