Every major metro area in Louisiana had a higher unemployment rate in May than in May of last year, the federal government reports. The unemployment rate in the nine-parish Capital Region was 3.4%, which was the lowest in Louisiana but still up 0.2 points from last year. Upticks in other areas ranged from 0.2 percentage
Capital Region sees uptick in unemployment, wages
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