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was 10.6 percent in Madison, 10.5 percent in Orange and 5.3 percent in Fauquier. For the state as a whole, the jobless rate stood at 8.1 percent in November. The national rate for the same month was 10.4 percent.
Asked for a reason behind the sharp increase in Culpeper’s and Rappahannock’s unemployment over the previous month, VEC spokesman Tom Blosser attributed it to short-term lay-offs by Culpeper em
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