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Jobless rate drops to 8.5 percent, lowest in four years

By Kelly Price on November 16th, 2012 | Last updated: March 30, 2013 at 2:02 pm

Florida labor officials say the state’s unemployment dropped to its lowest mark in nearly four years in October with 8.5 percent of the workforce still hunting for jobs. Although the figure is an improvement from September’s 8.7 percent unemployment in [...]