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Job growth crawls in Conn. with more lost in Dec.

By Stephen Singer
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Department of Labor said Thursday the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent in December, down from 8.9 percent in November. Typically, that’s a good sign, but labor economists say the drop is due to a declining labor force.

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