Ohio jobless rate dips to 8.5 pct. in November

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s unem­ploy­ment rate saw its largest one-month decline in nearly 30 years dur­ing Novem­ber amid improve­ment in the state’s job mar­ket and over­all econ­omy, and as thou­sands of the state’s job­less stopped search­ing for work, offi­cials said Fri­day. Gov. John Kasich called the report “encouraging.”