West Coast states bearing brunt of high unemployment rates

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

WASHINGTON -- West Coast states are being battered by the ailing economy, leading the country again in high unemployment rates last month, while the Dakotas and Nebraska posted the lowest jobless rates.

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