Idaho unemployment notches up again
Details from Spokesman Review Betsy Russell's blog An Eye on Boise.
Idaho's unemployment rate has notched up again, this time by a tenth of a percentage point to 9 percent, the highest since June of 1983. The U.S. Department of Labor today revised Idaho's October rate up from the Nov. 6 forecast, based on additional data; a record 67,800 Idahoans are now jobless, with the state's total employment dropping below 686,000 for the first time since February of 2005. Click below to read the full news release from the Idaho Department of Labor.