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 . . .
Mac Collins, who’s been out of elective office since 2004, says he is considering the possibility of a race for congress against Paul Broun . . .
Georgia’s jobless rate hit 10.2 percent in August, according to the Labor Department, and has exceeded the national unemployment rate for 49 months in a row . . .
Georgia’s unemployment rate climbed about 10 percent in July and has now exceeded the national jobless rate for 48 months in a row . . .
The unemployment rate for Georgia remained stubbornly fixed near the 10 percent level in June . . .
For the first time in two years, Georgia’s monthly unemployment rate fell to less than 10 percent, the Labor Department reports . . .
