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Hawaiʻi unemployment rates tick upward, with Kauaʻi impacted most at 5.1% - KHON2

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Kauaʻi's unemployment rate jumped to 5.1% in September, marking the highest among Hawaii's counties as the statewide rate edged up to 2.8%.

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