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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:41 AM

Published 11/07/2009 by St. Petersburg Times


Florida's unemployment extremes share an uphill battle

By Robert Trigaux, Times Columnist

Friday, November 6, 2009

On the surface, Liberty County in Florida's Panhandle and Hendry County in South Florida have plenty in common. They are rural with small populations. But Liberty's unemployment rate is 5.3 percent while...

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