The state’s unemployment rate has now declined for nine months in a row, although it is still significantly higher than the national jobless rate . . .
The state’s unemployment rate has now declined for eight months in a row, as more people are now looking for work again . . .
The state Labor Department will close seven of its career centers on July 1 in an effort to cut costs . . .
Even without the implementation of any new tax breaks, job numbers continue to show growth in Georgia . . .
Senate passes bill to create a new vocational rehabilitation services agency, sends the measure to Gov. Nathan Deal . . .
Legislators still haven’t solved the problem of how to restore the fiscal stability of the unemployment insurance trust fund and pay back $730 million to the federal government . . .
For the first time in months, the state’s unemployment rate drops below the 10 percent level . . .
Georgia’s unemployment rate topped 10 percent again in October, has been higher than the national rate for 51 months in a row . . .
It’s a counter-intuitive development in Georgia politics: a mayor’s race where the candidates speak positively about Latinos rather than try to drive them out of the state . . .
The Labor Department develops some options for lawmakers to consider as they try to decide how the state will pay back $721 million in federal funds it borrowed to pay unemployment benefits to laidoff workers . . .
