The U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday that unemployment ticked down to 9.1% in the  month of July, as 117,000 new jobs were added by employers.  As always, there is a lot more detail in that report - read it for yourself below.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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