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POSTED: Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791.

» Hawaii's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.5 percent in February was the highest in more than 30 years — since it hit 6.6 percent in October 1978. A story on Page 4 of the main section Saturday used historical, not seasonally adjusted, data when reporting that the unemployment rate reached a 12-year high. In addition, the state is receiving $1.89 billion from Gov. Linda Lingle's state capital improvement program, not from federal stimulus funding.