LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point to hit 2.5 percent in April, remaining the lowest rate in the nation.
The Nebraska Labor Department said in the report released Wednesday that the preliminary April rate is nine-tenths of a point under the April 2014 rate of 3.4 percent.
The new Nebraska figure remains well below the preliminary national unemployment rate of 5.4 percent in April. U.S. Labor Department figures say Nebraska was trailed by North Dakota at 3.1 percent and Utah at 3.4 percent.
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