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Question of the Day By JENNIFER BROWN and TAMARA CHUANG - Associated Press - Sunday, March 14, 2021
DENVER (AP) - Louise Carr, 50 and divorced, lost her job as a baker and waitress early on in the pandemic when the Castle Rock cafe where she worked closed its doors. Now she’s vying with 20-somethings for work in a juice bar, and she’s losing.
Laura Charlton, 51, watched her self-made massage therapy business in Elizabeth dwindle to nothing as the coronavirus spread, leaving her no choice but to file for unemployment to make her rent. She, too, works at a trade dominated by women and hard hit by the shutdown.
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KDOL: Kansas Labor Market Report for January 2021
KDOL press release
Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services (LMIS) division of the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in January. This was a decrease from 4.7 percent in December and an increase from 3.1 percent in January 2020.
“Kansas employers showed continued economic recovery in January, with 10,000 nonfarm jobs added over-the-month,” said Acting Secretary Amber Shultz. “While there has been significant improvement since April, current job estimates remain 4.6 percent lower than January 2020.
The rate for Ellis County was 3.7%. Rooks County was 5%; Russell County, 3.7%; Rush County, 3.7%; and Trego County 3.6%.