- State’s unemployment rate hits record in March, By Cy Ryan, April 16, 2010, Las Vegas Sun: “The jobless rate in Nevada hit a record high of 13.4 percent in March, the 15th consecutive month of double digit unemployment. The jobless rate in the Las Vegas area, however, declined from 13.9 to 13.8 percent, but it also was the 15th straight month of double digit numbers…”
- R.I. jobless rate dips slightly in March, By Cynthia Needham, April 16, 2010, Providence Journal: “For the first time in nearly four years, Rhode Island’s monthly jobless rate inched down ever so slightly to 12.6 percent in March, while local businesses saw modest hiring gains, the state planned to announce Friday. But economists warn that the numbers may be misleading. For one thing, the rates are based on monthly surveys that were conducted several weeks before the flooding that temporarily swallowed thousands of jobs across the state. Meanwhile, the small uptick in hiring is likely due to part-time U.S. Census jobs that will only last a few months…”
- Florida’s jobless rate hits record 12.3 percent, By Kelli Kennedy (AP), April 16, 2010, Miami Herald: “Gary Salloum has sent out close to 300 resumes since losing his job as a civil designer in 2008. He’s even applied to be a stock boy at a grocery store. With a job history that ranges from being a machinist to working in a restaurant, 53-year-old Salloum says it’s hard to believe he’s one of more than 1.1 million jobless Floridians. Unemployment hit a record high at 12.3 percent in March, making it the second straight record-setting month since the state began tracking it in 1970, according to figures released Friday…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty