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Public sector hiring heats up as private job growth cools
U.S. states and cities added about 65,000 jobs last month, pushing their combined payrolls far above pre-pandemic levels in a trend that contrasts with a slowing private-sector market. States and localities now employ almost 20.4 million people, more than …