The State Labor Department said Connecticut lost 4,300 jobs in December, bringing the state&rsquo;s nonfarm employment to 1,613,400. On a seasonally adjusted basis, this represents an increase of 5,300 jobs from a year earlier, when nonfarm employment totaled 1,608,100. The state&rsquo;s unemployment rate remained the same at 9 percent. The national rate is 9.4 percent. [...]