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Nationwide, the number of couriers and messengers dropped from 134,370 in 1999 to 105,070 in 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor. The trend is reflected in Rhode Island, where the number of couriers and messengers dropped from 480 in 1999 to 400 in 2006.
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The luck of the draw: Parents learn whether their children win spots at charter schools
Q&A: What, why and where are these schools?
Gallery: Students at, and who want to be at, charter schools
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Local, state government employs 1 in 6 workers in R.I.
Rhode Islanders paid their city and town employees more than $1.6 billion in 2006, a Providence Journal analysis of municipal employee records shows.
Chart: Municipal employees figures, town by town
Chart: What Rhode Island's cities' and towns' payrolls cost
Public Payroll: The Journal's ongoing analysis of Rhode Island's state and municipal employee costs
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