Jan. 25, 2013 - From the Georgia Department of Labor The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region rose to 7.6 percent in December, up five-tenths of a percentage point from 7.1 percent in November. The rate was 8.0 percent in December 2011. The rate rose because there were 659 more new claims for unemployment benefits in construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing,…

Jan. 17, 2013 - The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.6 percent in December, that's up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in November, but it is much better than the rate a year ago, which was 9.4 percent. Georgia’s labor force grew by 4,159, reaching 4,804,459 in December, its highest level since February 2009. The number of long-term unemployed workers…