THE RHODE ISLAND unemployment rate of 7.3% in February was second highest in New England. / AP FILE PHOTO ROBERT F. BUKATY
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-highest unemployment rate in New England in February at 7.3%, and was higher than the national rate of 6.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. Read PBN’s full breakdown of Rhode Island’s employment statistics for February here. Connecticut had the highest unemployment rate in New England in…