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Unemployment Insurance Claims Increase

The Labor Department says the number of first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose last week by 17-thousand to a seasonally-adjusted 361-thousand.The increase follows four straight weeks of declines. California, Florida, Ohio, Rhode Island and Colorado are the states reporting the largest increases.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.