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County unemployment rate continues to recede

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Laclede County’s unemployment remains very low, coming back from the effects of the pandemic two years ago. The county’s unemployment rate for April is 2.4 percent, which Lebanon Regional Economic Development President/CEO Brian Thompson said is still “super low.” “We’ve rebounded from the time frame two years ago when things were very uncertain and have come back strong,” he said. For more on this story, see Wednesday's LCR.