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Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce, the District of Columbia suffered the largest percentage job loss,...

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What happened Nine states shed jobs in the past year.
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Left / center-leftNine states shed jobs in the past year

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Georgia RecorderNews report · Oct 20, 10:21 PM

Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump admi...

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Missouri IndependentNews report · Oct 20, 10:13 PM

Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump admi...

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Michigan AdvanceNews report · Oct 20, 9:56 PM

Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump admi...

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Pennsylvania Capital-StarNews report · Oct 20, 9:54 PM

Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Source New MexicoNews report · Oct 20, 9:00 PM

Nine states shed jobs in the past year

Nine states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hit hard by the Trump admi...

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Oct 20, 9:00 PM: Source New Mexico joined the source map.

Oct 20, 9:54 PM: Pennsylvania Capital-Star joined the source map.

Oct 20, 9:56 PM: Michigan Advance joined the source map.

Oct 20, 10:13 PM: Missouri Independent joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 5 sources · 1 bucket.