http://wmot.org en http://wmot.org/post/tenn-jobless-rate-4-months-row <p></p><p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's unemployment rate rose slightly in August to 8.5 percent, the fourth consecutive month there’s been an increase.</p><p>Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Karla Davis says that the increase is one-tenth of a percentage point increase over the previous month.</p><p>Tennessee’s jobless rate has now climbed four-tenths above the national &nbsp;unemployment rate of 8.1 percent.</p> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:48:51 +0000 Associated Press 15946 at http://wmot.org