First-time claims for jobless benefits increased by 100 in Louisiana. The Louisiana Workforce Commission says that for the week ending Saturday there were 3,596 of the newly unemployed seeking benefits. That’s up from the total of 3,496 for the week ending Oct. 23. For the comparable week ending Oct. 31, 2009, there were 4,533 first-time claims. The state says there were 48,599 continued weeks of benefits claimed, down from 48,762 in the week ending Oct. 23. A year ago, the unemployed in Louisiana claimed 60,755 additional weeks of jobless payments.
La. initial jobless claims increase
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