Unemployment Rate Drops In Missouri

The State unemployment rate dropped slightly last month according to a new report. The State Department of Economic Development released the figures Tuesday showing the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 6.5 percent in July to 6.3 percent in August. The rate for August was also down from 6.6 percent for the same month last year. The seasonally adjusted workforce of more than three million people also grew by about a thousand last month.