Construction of the new state office building adjacent to the Kansas Capitol continued despite an increase in the Kansas unemployment rate in June to 3.1%, a 0.5 percentage point rise in the past year. Photo by TIM CARPENTER/KANSAS REFLECTOR
By Tim CarpenterKansasReflector.comSpecial to the Tribune TOPEKA — The 0.5 percentage point climb in the Kansas unemployment rate during the past year fell in the…