Cobb County’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 9.4 percent in February, according to data released by the state’s labor department.

February’s figure is down from 9.6 percent in January of this year, and 10.1 percent in February 2010.

This year’s figure is lower than that of the metro Atlanta area and the state, which both had unemployment rates of 10.2 percent in February.

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Waymo autonomous vehicles operate across 65 square miles inside I-285 and have been involved in six incidents with Atlanta Public School buses since May. Waymo issued a recall because of their cars briefly stopping or slowing down before continuing forward while a bus was stopped and flashing its lights. (Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools)

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