September marks four consecutive months of the state unemployment rate rising - the first time that's happened in six years.

The rate stayed at 4.5 percent last month. That's still its lowest level in nearly a year and lower than all of its neighboring states.

The state's private sector added 5,600 jobs in August.

Indiana's unemployment rate is lower than the national average and all neighboring states, except for Michigan.

Earlier this month, reps from companies like Rolls Royce and Toyota gathered in Indianapolis to learn more about hiring veterans -- and to get hundreds of their resumes.

Steelworkers rallied outside the Carrier factory in Indianapolis Wednesday to protest plans to close the heating and air conditioning plant, sending 1,400 jobs to Mexico.

Indiana's unemployment rate held steady for the third consecutive month in November, still its lowest level in 14 years.

The Indiana unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent last month, the lowest level since August of 2001.

Gov. Mike Pence says Indiana has paid a $250 million debt owed on a recession-era federal loan that was used to pay unemployment benefits after the state depleted its own funds.

Indiana's unemployment rate decreased for the seventh consecutive month in September, falling to its lowest level in eight years.