Here and Now  A look at Beloit's jobless rate

Art Hackett offers the first of two reports on Beloit's unemployment rate. Details

 
 

Program: Here and Now

Episode: A look at Beloit's jobless rate

The national unemployment rate is slowly declining, with nearly 10 percent of the nation without jobs. Beloit leads the state with a jobless rate of more than 18 percent, two percentage points ahead of Racine. This is the first of a two-part series about how residents of Beloit are coping with the jobless rate and their efforts to curb that number's growth.

Duration: (7:27)
Premiere Date: 05/07/2010
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G

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