House lawmakers Thursday rejected a modest increase in Louisiana’s jobless benefits and a return-to-work incentive payment aimed at driving people to exit unemployment and go back to work. Only 44 legislators voted for the bill by Rep. Rodney Lyons, D-Harvey, while 54 House members voted against it. Lyons initially proposed to raise the state’s maximum
Louisiana House snubs back-to-work bonus, unemployment hikeÂ
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