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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) The Maine Department of Labor says the state’s unemployment rate for September is unchanged from August at 2.9%.
The rate is down from 3.5% from a year ago.
Maine’s unemployment rate has been below 4% for 45 consecutive months, the longest period on record in the state.
New England’s rate was 3% for September. The rates were 2.2% in Vermont, 2.5% in New Hampshire, 2.9% in Massachusetts, and 3.6% in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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