Regions Face Unemployment Spike Amid Housing and Manufacturing Woes
The nation’s jobless rate sits at 7.2 percent as Michigan leads with 9.6 percent amid a broad downturn. California and Oregon suffer housing-linked job losses, while Rhode Island and South Carolina weigh heavy under factory and high-tech transitions.
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Oregon
David Cooke
Rhode Island
US Labor Department
Michigan
Midwest
South Carolina
North Carolina
Textron Inc
Providence
Bell
KIK Custom Products
Miller
Massachusetts
Leonard Lardaro
University of Rhode Island
Contiguous rural states post lowest unemployment rate
Five adjacent rural states Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Utah and Nebraska kept unemployment at or below 3.7 percent in November as the national rate stood at 6.7 percent Kansas at 4.8 percent December jobless rate 7.2 percent statewide breakdown not yet available Wyoming 3.2 percent while North Dakota 3.38 South Dakota 3.4 Utah 3.7 and Nebraska 3.7 lead the region amid low housing bust impact and steady energy and agricultural sectors.
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Michigan
Rhode Island
South Carolina
California
Oregon
BMW
Rebecca Blank
Brookings Institution
West
Washington
Alaska
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Utah
Labor Department
Sioux Falls
S.D
Kansas
Kansas Department of Labor
Ernie Goss
Creighton University
Wall Street
John Sandey
South Dakota State University
Brookings
U.S
Shane Goettle
Dakotas
Sandey
VeraSun Energy Corp
Illinois lawmakers impeach Blagojevich
Illinois House votes 114 to 1 to impeach Governor Rod Blagojevich amid fury over his leadership. He denounced the move and vowed to fight, claiming political retaliation while touting health care and relief efforts. The impeachment sets the stage for a Senate trial and potential removal.
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Springfield
Ill
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
Senate
Blagojevich
Barack Obama
House
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Fremont General Corp
Filemon Galvan
Buena Park
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Galvan
Dale
KIK Custom Products Manufacturing
Cumberland
R.I
Nsouthwest
Garden City
Deal Sinney Co
Kim Hendricks
CCCA
Chester Williams
Joan Booker
Neurodiagnostics
Kiran Gajarel
Eric Fry
Terry Hunsberger
Michael Shull
Rashi Agarwal
Gayleen Bernal
MSN
St. Catherine Hospital
Care
East Spruce
Joanne Rink
Girish Mour, MD
Girish Mour
Zeferino Arroyo
Catholic Health Initiatives
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