First-time claims for jobless benefits dropped by just under 300 last week in Louisiana. The Louisiana Workforce Commission says for the week ending Saturday there were 3,496 of the newly unemployed seeking benefits. That’s down from 3,794 for the week ending Oct. 16. For the comparable week ending Oct. 24, 2009, there were 4,287 first-time claims. The state says there were 48,762 continued weeks of benefits claimed, down from 49,940 for the week ending Oct. 16. A year ago, the unemployed in Louisiana claimed 60,492 additional weeks of jobless payments.
Initial unemployment claims fall in La.
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