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Minnesota joblessness jumps to 8.1% in 1st month of pandemic

| May 21, 2020 11:27 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate for April jumped to 8.1%, a loss of nearly 360,000 jobs in the first full month that the COVID-19 pandemic hit the state, the Department of Employment and Economic Development reported Thursday.

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