Unemployment rises, jobs still grow

By Michael Wesp - Online Editor/ KWKT News
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 6:57pm

WACO - Texas unemployment rate rose slightly in October, but it did add jobs.

A Texas Workforce Commission report released last week says the jobless rate rose a point to 8.3%.

The state added 41,700 hundred jobs for just the second time in the past year.

Education and health services had the biggest increase among job sectors adding almost 1,500 jobs.

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