Things are looking up!

I checked the unemployment rate for Oregon today. It's still quite high but it is down from it's historical high of 12.2% in March 2009. It's currently at 9.9%. So the trend downwaed is a good thing! If you want to check your state's unemployment rate, check out the link below. It's free!
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&idim...:ST410000&dl=en&hl=en&q=oregon+unemployment+rate#met=unemployment_rate&idim=state:ST410000