Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6.5 percent in January, it’s lowest rate since March 2009, and down from its peak of 7.2 percent in late 2009 and early 2010.
Gov. Bob “Bob’s for Jobs” McDonnell wasted little time in attributing the decline to his administration’s efforts, while sneaking the word “bipartisan” in there, too.
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