http://nwpr.org en http://nwpr.org/post/oregons-unemployment-drops-82-percent <p>Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues its slow decline. It reached 8.2 percent in March.</p><p> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:24:03 +0000 Kristian Foden-Vencil 26024 at http://nwpr.org http://nwpr.org/post/oregons-unemployment-rate-stable <p></p><p>Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January was 8.4 percent -- essentially unchanged from 8.3 percent in December. Ever since Oregon's unemployment rate peaked at over 11 percent in 2009, it's been dropping, but slowly. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:10:05 +0000 Kristian Foden-Vencil 23791 at http://nwpr.org http://nwpr.org/post/unemployment-four-year-low-wash-state <p></p><p>Unemployment has dropped to a four-year low in Washington. The state Employment Department Wednesday released the latest jobless stats. During December, Washington's unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent -- one-tenth of a percentage point lower than the revised rate for November. Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:50:36 +0000 Tom Banse 21296 at http://nwpr.org