MARYLAND JOBLESS RATE AGAIN LOWEST IN NATION

Maryland is once again boasting the lowest unemployment rate in the nation.  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Maryland gained over eleven-thousand jobs last month, and the jobless rate dipped point-one-percent, to one-point-six percent.  Maryland’s run of record low unemployment also reached its eight consecutive month.  A year ago, the state’s jobless rate was twice as high at three-point-two percent.