Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is questioning why Tennessee’s unemployment rate remains well above the national level. The most recent national unemployment rate released was 5.9 percent. Tennessee’s jobless rate was 7.4 percent. Haslam says Tennessee is among the top states adding new jobs and that the state is not adding a large number of new claims for unemployment benefits. That’s why he can’t understand why Tennessee has been unable to whittle away at the unemployment rate. Haslam says he has asked some economists to look into the statistics to see if they can find an explanation for Tennessee’s high unemployment rate.