RHODE ISLAND'S seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 3.1%, one-tenth of a percentage point lower than in December, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO / LYNNE SLADKY
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 3.1%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than December, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday. The DLT says the number of unemployed Rhode Islanders in January was 17,500, down 700 from December. That figure is also 2,600 lower compared with the same…