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Mississippi unemployment rate ticks up despite job gains

(AP) With people flooding into Mississippi’s labor force, the state’s job market couldn’t quite keep up in May. Mississippi’s unemployment rate crept up to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in April, ending five straight months […]

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Mississippi unemployment rate at 7.5 percent, lowest since November 2008

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — New figures on Mississippi’s labor force show Clay County with the highest unemployment rate of 17.4 percent in January. Mississippi Department of Employment Security records released Wednesday show Tunica County with […]