Jobless Rates Fell In 11 Us States, Hit Record Lows In 2

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business
Fri, 11/17/2017 - 10:06am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell to record lows in Idaho and Tennessee in September, and dropped in 9 other states. The Labor Department's report on state unemployment, released Friday, also showed the extent of Hurricane Irma's damage in Florida, which lost 127,400 jobs that month, or about 1.5 percent of the state's total jobs.

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