<span style="font-size: larger;">The unemployment rate in Michigan in April two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.3 percent. The April rate is the lowest the state has seen since July 2008.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on the improving unemployment rate click on the following story link:</span><br />
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