MARYLAND JOBLESS RATE DROPS IN SEPTEMBER

Maryland’s unemployment rate is moving lower, falling two-tenths of a point to three-point-nine percent in September. The state Labor Department says that’s the lowest jobless rate since April of last year and below the national rate of four-point-two percent. But a separate federal survey estimates Maryland lost eight-thousand-800 nonfarm jobs during the month. State labor officials say recent employer-based estimates have been volatile and they’re monitoring other data to gauge the state’s job