Missouri's unemployment hits high

Saturday, July 20, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed to 5.4 percent in June, the highest level in more than eight years, the state Economic Development Department said Friday.

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