AP Historical Hard Drive 2

** FILE ** Mississippi Employment Security Commission interviewer Greyce Powell prepares an unemployment insurance policy form for a jobless client, Jan. 13, 2003 in Jackson, Miss. Mississippi and Oregon had the biggest unemployment increases for April 2003 and 2004, according to a regional jobs report released Friday, May 21, 2004, by the U.S. Department of Labor. Mississippi's unemployment rate jumped 1.9 percent while Oregon took a 1.8 percent hit. Mississippi has a 4.6 percent unemployment rate, according to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)