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The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s November report found that the Louisiana Workforce Commission made some $2.9 million in payments that potentially violated unemployment benefit program rules.

Business groups plan to keep pushing for changes that would simplify how Louisiana collects sales taxes, after voters rejected a constitutional amendment calling for a more streamlined system. 

A serious shortage of industrial construction workers is most definitely on the way, but when it will happen is anybody’s guess. 

The cost of living has fallen in recent years for most of Louisiana's cities and towns, but the cost in Baton Rouge is the second-highest in the state, behind only New Orleans, according to data from McNeese State University and location comparison website BestPlaces. 

At 59%, most Americans still aspire to be homeowners, a sign of the lingering allure of the post-World War II vision often called the American dream

American workers’ stampede toward the exits hasn’t let up, but recent surveys show that it’s primarily women and workers in the food, retail and hospitality sectors making career changes at the highest rates. 

Despite the departure of Sasha Thackaberry, university officials say the plan remains to keep LSU logged in to online education.

Industrial worker shortages are not a local issue—yet—in South Louisiana but it’s only a matter of time with numerous projects about to begin.

More people are remaining single or staying single longer than previous generations of workers, yet many workplaces still treat the nuclear family as the default, Quartz reports.

Homes for sale sat on the market for an average of only one week before going under contract from July 2020 through June 2021, a record low, according to newly released results of a National Association of Realtors survey.