Minnesota's unemployment rate jumps to 9.9% in May

Minnesota's unemployment rate hit 9.9% in May, the highest level ever recorded, before employers began adding jobs again toward the end of the month as the state's stay-at-home order loosened. The jobless rate, which shows the state of things before the phased reopening of non-critical sector businesses in Minnesota, was an increase of 8.7 percent in April, according to the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). (April's figure had been revised upward from an earlier measurement…