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Labor Dept.: Idaho unemployment may have hit bottom (access required)

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Published: July 6,2007
Time posted: 1:00 am

Idaho’s unemployment rate was 2.5 percent in June, marking the fifth straight month it has been under 3 percent. But there are reasons to believe the low jobless rates could end soon, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. The number does not reflect any of the layoffs expected at Micron Technology, according to a Department of ...



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