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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.1 percent in September, in part because more people are leaving the workforce. The Department of Labor said Friday that 720,600 people were employed in September — the high…

BOISE -- On the eve of Idaho's latest unemployment numbers, the Department of Labor has some bad news for thousands of Idahoans receiving unemployment benefits. KTVB-Tv reports by the end of the year 6,100 Idahoans who are receiving extended unemployment benefits will no longer get that money b…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials report Idaho's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in three years in July, falling to 7.5 percent. The Department of Labor released the new numbers Friday, saying Idaho was one of only two states to post a declining jobless rate last month...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's weekly unemployment payments have fallen below 10,000 for the first time since late November 2007. The Idaho Department of Labor says it made 9,645 unemployment payments last week, down over 400 from the previous week and down 4,000 from the same week a y…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials say the number of unemployed workers in Idaho has dipped below 60,000 for the first time in nearly three years. Idaho's jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent in June and 59,000 workers counted as unemployed, or about 700 fewer than the previous month...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state Department of Labor says Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 7.8 percent in May, ending a string of nine straight monthly declines. The agency says more people entered the job market while hiring slowed in much …

(AP) - The state Department of Labor says long-term unemployment benefits in Idaho will expire after Dec. 31, though some jobless workers will be cut off sooner depending on when they started receiving the federal assistance. Agency spokesman Bob Fick says the jobless benefits are being scaled back …

(AP) The Idaho Department of Labor says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December fell to 8.4 percent, the lowest level since September 2009. The state's unemployment rate has dropped for five straight months, and fell from 8...

(AP) - The Idaho Department of Labor says unemployment insurance benefit payments dropped 33 percent from 2010 to 2011. The drop is a sign that the state's economy is leveling off after the recession.

According to the Department of Labor, in October unemployment in the state of Idaho reached its lowest level in two years. Idaho unemployment dipped to 8.8%, which is almost a full one percent lower than it was in March.

A survey by the Idaho Department of Labor shows Idaho's labor market remains tight, with 10,000 job openings statewide.

Idaho's unemployment rate dipped to 9.2 percent in August, down from 9.4 percent in July.  The state Department of Labor released the latest jobless numbers Friday.  While Idaho posted its lowest unemployment rate since May 2010, the agency says 70,000 workers were still without jobs …

Just last fall, Idahoans  were feeling better about their personal finances. Now they're starting to worry  again about how they'll pay off their debts. A new Associated Press-GfK poll says that nearly half the country is experiencing debt stress, which is up 17 percent from…

Bad news on the job market report.
Friday's report sent a cold chill through widening optimism that the U.S. economy is improving. The report counted just 39,000 new jobs in November