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The public sector added 73,000 jobs in June, a surprising gain driven by state and local government hiring. State government payrolls rose by 47,000 last month, driven largely by hiring in education.

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NBAF, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan, is being exempted from the federal hiring freeze and is looking to fill ...