Rhode Island's unemployment rate may have dropped to 12.9 percent from 13 percent in October, but it's still the third highest in the country.
Figures released Friday morning for all 50 states solidify Rhode Island's ranking behind Michigan and Nevada, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jobless rates [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Police, prosecutors and highway officials offered some sobering statistics Friday at a rest area on Route 295 in a press conference they called to urge motorists to drive safely, wear seatbelts, pay attention and don't drive drunk.
With just less than two months to go in 2009, 57' [...]
I do not know if there’s much meaning to this, but I was bored a couple months back, and looked at state-by-state employment percentages: the percentage of the total population that is employed, calculated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data from July. I think there’s a [...]
I do not know if there's much meaning to this, but I was bored a couple months back, and looked at state-by-state employment percentages: the percentage of the total population that is employed, calculated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' data from July. I think there's a general understanding [...]
