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Local jobless rate stays at 6.9 percent in May
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The preliminary unemployment rate in metro Gainesville was unchanged at 6.9 percent from April to May, the Georgia Department of Labor announced today. The rate still is almost a full percentage point lower than the 7.8 percent from May 2011. Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.9 percent from April to May.