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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending June 22

June 28, 2019

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 22, 2019 dropped to 2,238 from the previous week’s total of 2,372. For a comparison, during the week ending June 23, 20…

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 Unemployment rates decline in all metro areas

June 28, 2019

BATON ROUGE – Data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) for May 2019 shows that the number of not seasonally adjusted unemployed individuals has decreased by 14,154 since May 2018 to 8…

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 Louisiana Personal Income Grows for 12th Consecutive Quarter

June 25, 2019

BATON ROUGE – Data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows that Louisiana personal income grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.09 billion to $216.3 billion between 201…

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims drop for week ending June 15

June 21, 2019

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 15, 2019 dropped to 2,372 from the previous week’s total of 2,818. For a comparison, during the week ending June 16, 20…

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 Louisiana maintains full employment status, lowest unemployment rate since April 2008

June 21, 2019

BATON ROUGE – Data released today by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows that Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.4 percent in May 2019, which places Louisiana …

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims rise for week ending June 8

June 14, 2019

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 8, 2019 rose to 2,818 from the previous week’s total of 2,800. For a comparison, during the week ending June 9, 2018, 2…

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 LWC extends Line Worker Training Program to Acadiana, Lake Charles

June 13, 2019

CROWLEY – Up to 50 South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) students soon may receive tuition assistance to become certified utility line workers due to an expansion of a program created by the Louisi…

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 Initial unemployment insurance claims rise for week ending June 1

June 7, 2019

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 1, 2019 rose to 2,800 from the previous week’s total of 2,742. For a comparison, during the week ending June 2, 2018, 2…

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