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County job loss hits 7.6%

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 03/21/10

Anne Arundel County's jobless rate rose to its highest level in the past 10 years in January, when unemployment spiked to 7.6 percent from 6.5 percent in December.

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In the past decade, the county's unemployment rate reported by the Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation has not topped the 7 percent mark - until now. The department just released its local January job numbers Friday, and the February rate for the county will be reported in the first week of April.

The number of local residents collecting unemployment between the final month of 2009 and the first month of the new year swelled by 3,200...

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True - 2010-03-21 20:29:11

i thought Fred was lying, so I called up and asked how many illegal immigrants had jobs in Maryland. They said just Juan.

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.........the answer - 2010-03-21 17:43:32

No thousands !! After hours of researching the answer to your question I called the authorities. They said One illegal alien has a job in Maryland .

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And...... - 2010-03-21 16:06:56

How many THOUSANDS of illegal aliens have jobs in Maryland?

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