Cherokee County Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.9%

The Georgia Department of Labor says the jobless rate dropped two-tenths of a percent in February

Cherokee County Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.9%

The Georgia Department of Labor says the jobless rate dropped two-tenths of a percent in February.

Cherokee County's unemployment rate continued its downward trend last month. The rate in February dropped to 6.9 percent, down a hair from 7.1 percent in January and 7.8 in February 2012.  Out of the county's 115,182 workers, 7,914 went without jobs last month, which is less than were counted as unemployed in January and February 2012. Cherokee's rate is the second lowest in the region, just behind Forsyth's rate of 6.4 percent.  Other surrounding counties in the metro Atlanta area include:  County                Rate Bartow                 9.0% Cherokee              6.9 Cobb                    7.4 Douglas                8.8 Forsyth                 6.4 Fulton                   8.9 Paulding                7.8 Metro Atlanta         8.3
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Georgia Marijuana Reform Group Sets Legislative Agenda

Georgia C.A.R.E. wants legislators to look at reforming marijuana laws, beginning with the drug's medical use.

  A group seeking reform of Georgia’s marijuana laws will head to the state capitol on today, Jan. 14 to begin an educational campaign for its legalization, beginning with medical use of the drug. James Bell, director of Georgia C.A.R.E., said the marijuana reform coalition wants to start a public discussion on the impact marijuana laws have on the criminal justice system and the public. According to their website, Georgia C.A.R.E. is a project of the Georgia Taxpayers Alliance, Inc. They have a link to NORML, a national group that advocates for the legalization of marijuana, on their website. Bell said with the Georgia General Assembly studying reform of the criminal justice system and criminal sanctions, marijuana law reform should also …

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Some Georgians to Lose Unemployment Benefits this Weekend

Extended unemployment benefits will end for some recipients after Saturday, Jan. 12.

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced this week that some recipients of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) in Georgia will lose extended unemployment benefits after Saturday, Jan. 12. Georgia will “trigger off” EUC’s Tier 4 unemployment insurance program during the week ending Jan. 12 because the state’s jobless rate has declined in the last three months, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Georgia’s jobless rate was 9.0 percent in September, but declined to 8.7 percent in October and 8.5 percent in November. Federal law mandates that a state in which EUC is provided must have a three-month seasonally adjusted unemployment average of 9.0 percent to remain “on” …

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