Louisiana construction unemployment falls to 4.7%

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The construction industry is booming in Louisiana, but it’s not keeping pace with the rest of the country where some states, like Iowa, have less than 1% unemployment in the field. Louisiana boasted a 4.7% unemployment rate in May, representing a slight rise from April but a 0.4 percentage point drop from the same month

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