Unemployment rates rise in half of US states - Yahoo! News: Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states last month, the latest evidence that hiring remains tepid across the country.
The Labor Department said Friday that rates increased in 26 states. They fell in 12 states and were unchanged in the other 12.
Unemployment also rose in seven of the 11 key swing states in this year's presidential election.
Nationwide, employers added only 96,000 jobs in August. That's below July's gain of 141,000 and the average of 226,000 jobs a month added in the January-March quarter...
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