HERSHEY — Penn State students will be paying about 3.9 percent more next year for room and board, despite objections from a senior aide to Gov. Tom Wolf.

The university's trustees voted Friday for higher rates that would increase the average cost for standard double room and most common meal plan by nearly $200 to $5,075 per semester.

Officials say the jump is being driven by higher food and utility costs, payroll demands and other expenses.

Wolf's policy secretary, John Hanger, says the governor doesn't support increases above the rate of inflation.

HARRISBURG — Payrolls in Pennsylvania hit a record high in February, recovering all the jobs lost in the recession, according to figures released Friday by the state Department of Labor and Industry.Payrolls grew by about 13,000 last month to hit a record just shy of 5.83 million, the department said. Pennsylvania has seen one of its strongest post-recession periods of hiring, adding about 70,000 jobs in the last 12 months. Construction and government payrolls fell in February, while payrolls in a range of service-providing industries grew, the department said.Hiring in Pennsylvania hit a prerecession peak in 2008 when payrolls rose to above 5.82 million. Then the state lost more than 250,000 jobs in the recession and payrolls dipped below 5.57 million in 2010.The nation's payrolls surpassed the prerecession high in May.Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania slipped for the second straight month, the department said Friday. The seasonally adjusted rate in February was 5.2 percent, up from 5.1 percent in January and 5 percent in December.