Unemployment by the numbers8.7 percent in Georgia8.2 percent in Tennessee7.9 percent nationwideLong-term jobless:39,000 in Tennessee79,759 in Georgia
Every week, Stephanie Davis fills out papers to prove she is looking for work.
She bought a car with the little money she and her husband could save between his paycheck and her $275 a week unemployment check so she could drive to interviews.
But in eight months of searching — since she was let go from her position at a retailer in the Eastgate Town Center because of her medical related absences from work — she hasn’t found any takers.
Last week, after she had surgery to remove four teeth, she was notified that the government help would be running out very soon, she said.