Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s mandatory shutdown order caused the loss of almost 122,000 private-sector jobs in April, but state government jobs held steady according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private-sector employment plummeted 10.5% compared to March 2020.  The largest one-month decline in the Great Recession was 0.7% in February 2009.  State government workers declined … Continue reading April jobs: private sector down 10.5% , state gov’t. steady