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Maine Unemployment Rate up Slightly

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percent in May. The state's jobless rate last month was 3.5 percent, up slightly from April's 3.4 percent.

But the unemployment rate is still down about a percentage point from where it was a year ago.

A usual, the job market was even tighter in greater Portland, where the unemployment rate was just 2.8 percent. Lewiston-Augurn was at 3.4 percent, the Bangor Metro area has a 3.6 percent unemployment rate.

The statewide figures indicate that 6,600 more people were working last month than in May of 2015. Some 23,000 Mainers are still jobless and looking for work.