TENNESSEE UNEMPLOYMENT UP FROM MARCH TO APRIL
TENNESSEE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP LAST MONTH. ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED THURSDAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE STATE JOBLESS RATE WENT FROM 7 POINT 8 PERCENT IN MARCH TO AN EVEN 8 PERCENT IN APRIL. THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR APRIL WAS 7 POINT 5 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 7 POINT 6 THE PREVIOUS MONTH.