Hawaii unemployment rate hit 22.3% in April

As many businesses continue to keep their doors closed due to local government mandates and public health concerns surrounding the coronavirus, the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reported that the state had an unemployment rate of 22.3% in April. According to DLIR's report, jobs declined by 121,800 over-the-month across the state, with 487,550 employed and 139,900 unemployed in April for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 627,450 in the Islands. Nationally, the…