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Juneau has lowest unemployment in state

The unemployment rate in Alaska continued to fall last month, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which announced that the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment declined two-tenths of a percentage...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-17/juneau-has-lowest-unemployment-state
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Sequestration hitting federal unemployment benefits

...benefits will receive reduced benefits due to the sweeping federal spending cuts known as sequestration, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development warned Monday.Starting May 19, eligible unemployed individuals applying for benefits...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-14/sequestration-hitting-federal-unemploym
State
Seniors return to workforce

...the workforce, according to the March edition of Alaska Economic Trends.Alyssa Shanks, economist for the Alaska Department of Labor in Anchorage, said there are many possible explanations for why more seniors are entering the workforce and...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-13/seniors-return-workforce
State
New version of high school equivalency test coming

A new version of the GED high school equivalency test will be released next January, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Friday.The department warned that Alaskans who have started the current five-part GED test have...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-05/new-version-high-school-equivalency-tes
State
State says some unemployment benefits to end

...percent, meaning some federally funded unemployment benefits and emergency compensation will end May 4, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Tuesday.The unemployment rate decline means Alaska residents will no longer...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-30/state-says-some-unemployment-benefits-e
State
Affordable Living crisis

...2,618 + $2,500 deposit, Craigslist 3-bedroom $2,720 a month plus $2,200 deposit. According to Alaska Department of Labor research and analysis, the average monthly wage in Juneau is $3,766. For the person who is paying $2...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2013-04-28/affordable-living-crisis
Letters
State: 3,203 in Petersburg as of 2010 Census

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has calculated the population of the area now included within the Petersburg Borough as of the 2010 United...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-12/state-3203-petersburg-2010-census
State
Former chief justice to host Monday panel on recidivism

...Gastineau Halfway House Client Services Director Michele Federico and Employment Service Manager for the state of Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development Michael Hutcherson.Carpeneti was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court in 1998 and...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-21/former-chief-justice-host-monday-panel-
Local
Board of Fish member rejected in close vote

...in a joint session to consider Gov. Sean Parnell's appointees.Blumer was confirmed as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, while Kemp was confirmed as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-09/board-fish-member-rejected-close-vote
State
Alaska, Southeast unemployment rate drops in March

...unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in March, down three-tenths of a percentage point from February, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday.That rate continues the trend over the last several years of Alaska's...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-19/alaska-southeast-unemployment-rate-drop
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