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Anchorage Unemployment Rate Lowest in Years at 4.7%
Channel 2 NewsThe unemployment rate in Anchorage is at the lowest level since 2007, according to the State Department of Labor. The reported rate is 4.7% for October. Statewide, the unemployment rate is 7.1% according to the Department of Labor and Workforce...Tags: Business, Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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No Definitive Trend in Alaska Unemployment Rate, State Economist Says
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska unemployment rate in October dropped slightly to 7.1 percent, and state economists say “no definitive trend in Alaska’s rate in either direction has been evident this year.” In September, the state’s unemployment rate...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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Possible APD Officer Loss Could Be State Troopers' Gain
Channel 2 NewsA potential $30 million local budget shortfall has some of the Anchorage Police Department's junior officers concerned about layoffs. More than two dozen officers gathered to meet with an Alaska State Troopers recruiter on Wednesday. The APD Employees...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Alaska Aerospace Lays Off 20 Percent of Workforce
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Aerospace Corp. has laid off five workers, or 20 percent of its Kodiak workforce, after a launch was delayed a year to 2014. Interim CEO Craig Campbell tells the Kodiak Daily Mirror that the corporation also must stay within its $8 million...Tags: Alaska Legislature, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Alaska Unemployment Rate Jumps to 7.7 Percent
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's employment rate in July was 7.7 percent, up five-tenths of a percentage point from June. Since May, the state's unemployment rate has gone up seven-tenths of a point. State labor officials say in a release that while the July increase...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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Parents and Students Voice Concerns Over ASD Teacher Layoffs
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage school board members had a late night, Monday, listening to parents and students about recent teacher layoffs. "I just feel like there’s something wrong in this city that seems to have so much that we can’t afford to pay our...Tags: Teachers, Career and Workplace, Students, Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning
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Alaska Unemployment Unchanged in December 2011
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's December unemployment rate stood at 7.3 percent, unchanged from the month prior. That level matches the lowest rate seen in Alaska in 2011. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Alaska also had 7.3 percent...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Unemployment, Labor Markets, Employment
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Alaska Unemployment Hits 6.9 Percent
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's unemployment rate last month dropped to 6.9 percent, its lowest level since December 2008. The state labor department says the preliminary, seasonally adjusted rate is slightly lower than March, when unemployment stood at 7 percent....Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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AK Unemployment Falls to 7.2 Percent in January
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's unemployment rate hit a nearly three-year low of 7.2 percent in January. The January rate was released Tuesday by the state labor department. It compares to the revised 7.4 percent unemployment rate in December. In January 2011, the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities
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Fairbanks School District Eliminating Positions
Reba Lean, Fairbanks News-MinerThe Fairbanks School District is coping with a budget shortfall that will mean fewer teachers and bigger class sizes. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/vZIf1e) says methods for coping with about $12 million in cuts were revealed Wednesday at...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting
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Parnell Wants Payroll Tax Relief
Channel 2 NewsGov. Sean Parnell says he wants to provide payroll tax relief to Alaskans when the state's unemployment insurance trust fund is solvent. Parnell asked his attorney general and labor commissioner for recommendations after his office says he learned there...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits, Insurance, Sean Parnell
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Alaska Unemployment Falls to 7.3 Percent
Channel 2 NewsAlaska's unemployment rate has hit its lowest level since last spring, falling slightly to 7.3 percent in November. The state labor department says that compares to 7.4 percent in October, and 7.9 percent in November 2010. The state last saw its...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Markets
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