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California experienced one of its biggest monthly losses of federal jobs in more than a decade, according to a new report by state employment officials.
More than 2,000 federal positions were cut in May, with the U.S. Postal Service, federal prisons and the Departments of Interior, Veterans Affairs and Defense facing the largest reductions. Local government hiring, meanwhile, increased by more than 3,000.
“California’s economy is still strong,” said Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research…