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California gained 14,200 payroll jobs in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the state's unemployment rate was unchanged at 12.6 percent. That's the third-highest in the nation, after Michigan and Nevada.
*Original post inadvertently had losses instead of gains.
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.