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State’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:05:38 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate dipped in March, as more people found jobs and fewer people sought them. The decrease came after two months of increases. The report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics lined up with a separate survey showing employer payrolls continue to creep up in Mississippi. The jobless rate fell [...]

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State’s joblessness rate falls to single digits, lowest since July 2009

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:59:24 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent in February, the lowest level since July 2009. Jobless figures for January had first appeared to dip to 9.9 percent in preliminary numbers, but later were revised up to 10 percent. The state recorded a 10.2 percent unemployment rate in February 2011. The number of [...]

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Unemployment rate falls below 10 percent for first time since 2009

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:26:09 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell to 9.9 percent in January, as the number of people with jobs rose. It’s the first time unemployment has dipped below 10 percent in the state since September 2009. The jobless rate was down from 10.4 percent in December and 10.5 percent in January 2011. Despite the decrease, [...]

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MDES recovers $12.6M in unemployment insurance crackdown

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:53:48 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Less than two months into an unemployment insurance crackdown going back 80 years, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security has recovered $12.6 million in benefits collected by people who also were earning paychecks. More than 29,000 state residents owe a total of $34 million, department spokesman Les Range told The Clarion Ledger. [...]

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State collects $7.3M in crackdown on unemployment fraud

Associated Press — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:49:32 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state of Mississippi has collected $7.3 million thus far from its efforts to crackdown on unemployment fraud. Mark Henry, executive director of Mississippi Department of Employment Security, says the money came from people caught collecting unemployment benefits while working. The recovered funds will go to the Unemployment Benefits Trust Fund. The [...]

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MDES scrambles to issue emergency benefits

Wally Northway — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:48:32 +0000

JACKSON — After the latest unemployment legislation was enacted Dec. 17, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) reports it began processing claims for those due emergency benefits. By the morning of Dec. 20, 6,309 Mississippians were paid. Payments totaled $2 million. Deposits were made either to agency-issued debit cards or to bank accounts. “Our [...]

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U.S. unemployment claims down, but job picture still unclear

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:41:33 +0000

WASHINGTON — First-time requests for unemployment benefits may have fallen last week, but what that will mean for the nation’s jobless rate isn’t so clear. New requests for jobless benefits have fallen by 54,000, or about 11 percent, in the past month. That drop followed a spike in claims to 504,000 in the week ending [...]

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U.S. unemployment claims decrease

Wally Northway — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:10:14 +0000

WASHINGTON — In the week ending Sept. 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 450,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 464,750, a decrease of 13,500 from the previous week’s revised average. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate [...]

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U.S. unemployment rate creeps toward 10 percent

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:20:09 +0000

WASHINGTON — Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work. Companies added a net total [...]

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U.S. unemployment claims fall again

Associated Press — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:25:35 +0000

WASHINGTON — The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn’t prompting widespread job cuts. New claims for unemployment aid fell last week by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000, the Labor Department said today. Economists had expected a slight increase, according to a survey [...]

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