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Friday, May 21, 2010  The decrease isn’t staggering, but unemployment is down from 10.5 to 10.4 percent in Georgia.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Georgia's unemployment rates hit a record high in 2010.

Thursday, March 18, 2010  Latest Georgia news, sports, business and entertainment

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says metro Albany lost 1,200 jobs in January.

Thursday, December 17, 2009  State labor officials will offer the latest glimpse at unemployment across Georgia - and it's not expected to be good.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009  Georgia forecasters are offering the latest snapshot of the state's slumping economy.

Thursday, November 12, 2009  1,219 people filed for first-time unemployment in October, and labor department statistics show that number is down 7.4 percent from October 2008.

Thursday, September 17, 2009  Unemployment numbers went down in Georgia last month, however slightly.

Monday, March 23, 2009  More than a half-million unemployed workers in Ohio and several other states are missing out on extended federal benefits because of the way laws in their states are written.