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State Unemployment Rate Fell to 5.7% in April

The state's unemployment rate has not been this low since September 2008, the Department of Labor and Industry said.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell to 5.7 percent in April, according to new figures released Friday.

That's the lowest the rate has been since September 2008, the Department of Labor and Industry said.

The March 2014 unemployment rate was 6.0 percent; the April 2013 rate 7.6 percent.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate continues to be better than that of the nation as a whole, which in April was 6.3 percent.

Gov. Tom Corbett and the state's Republicans claimed the numbers as a win Friday.

“The people of Pennsylvania elected me to Harrisburg on my promise of less taxes and more jobs, and we continue to see that promise ringing true through another positive jobs report,” Corbett said.





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