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Payrolls remained virtually flat as employers, such as restaurants and school bus companies, struggle to find enough employees.

The state first learned it had overcharged thousands of people unemployment interest in 2016, but didn’t disclose it until Spotlight PA asked about the problem.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6%, the state Department of Labor and Industry said.

Advocates for out-of-work Pennsylvanians are calling on the state Department of Labor and Industry to reinstate unemployment benefits that they allege have been improperly halted for thousands of claimants.

The national rate was 5.9% in June, a whole point below Pennsylvania’s.

“What Pennsylvania is seeing is very common across the country,” said James Lee, COO of the Identity Theft Resource Center.

An internal investigation was completed in mid-2017, but a summary of the probe was not released until recently.