First time claims for unemployment fell to 4,280 for the week ending Saturday. That’s down from the 5,302 claims that were reported for the week ending Sept. 5, says the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Construction, health care and wood products manufacturing saw drops in the number of unemployment claims. The number of people who continued to receive unemployment was 59,558, well above the 15,965 who were receiving unemployment during the week ending Sept. 13, 2008.
Initial state unemployment claims drop
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