LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new state report says Nebraska's unemployment rate has risen again, hitting 2.8 percent in August.
The Nebraska Labor Department said in the report released Friday that the preliminary August rate is up a tenth of a point from July's 2.7 percent. The figure is four-tenths of a point under the August 2014 rate of 3.2 percent.
The new Nebraska figure remained well below the preliminary national unemployment rate of 5.1 percent in August. U.S. Labor Department figures say Nebraska is trailed by North Dakota at 2.9 percent and Hawaii at 3.5 percent.
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