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 . . .
Even without the implementation of any new tax breaks, job numbers continue to show growth in Georgia . . .
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 . . .
The jobs picture in Georgia continues to improve as the unemployment rate declines to its lowest level in nearly three years . . .
Georgia’s unemployment rate registers a small decrease for the third consecutive month . . .
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 . . .
State legislators draft bills that would require drug testing for persons who apply for benefits from the Department of Human Services . . .
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 . . .
