State jobless rate edges up in March

From KEYE, April 17, 2009...

The Texas Workforce Commission today reports statewide unemployment edged upward -- to 6.7 percent in March.

The state shed 47,100 nonagricultural jobs.

While the Rio Grande Valley showed slight improvement from a month earlier it continued to the lead the state with the highest unemployment rates. Midland delivered the lowest unemployment rate at 4.3 percent.

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