State jobless figures were issued on Friday.  A brief look at different parts of the nation reveals some troubling data: Texas employers cut their payrolls by another 47,100 jobs in March and the state’s jobless rate rose to 6.7% from 6.5% the previous month. Unemployment in Wisconsin jumped to its highest rate in 26 years in March, hitting 9.4%, up from 8.8% in February. Georgia's unemployment rate is holding steady in March at 9.2%. Arizona lost a record number of jobs in the last 12 months, pushing the state unemployment rate up to 7.8%, its highest level in a quarter century. South Carolina's unemployment rate increased for the 13th straight month in March to 11.4 percent, tying a record high from 1983.