Capital Region close to fully recovering pandemic job losses

The Capital Region’s unemployment rate is at a record-low 2.6%, while the Baton Rouge area is 0.5% away from fully recovering the pandemic jobs losses, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber reports.  There are about 11,200 unemployed workers in the region—the fewest since 1999—and almost three times as many job postings, BRAC says. In this tight