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Friday, September 07, 2012  Updated with video; Georgia Department of Labor host annual job fair in Americus.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  Albany and Southwest Georgia jobless rates decline for March.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  After Obama's big speech, Republicans return to work to cut government spending

Wednesday, October 27, 2010  Analysis: On a political salvage mission, Obama pursues votes in states with high unemployment

Thursday, August 26, 2010  New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  Employers appear to be laying off workers again as applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November.

Thursday, July 23, 2009  The Georgia Department of Labor says the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Atlanta area rose to 10.7 percent in June, up 1.2 percentage points from a revised 9.5 percent in May.