First-time claims for unemployment dropped to 4,519 for the week ending Saturday. That’s down from the 4,767 claims that were reported for the week ending Sept. 19, says the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Retail trades saw a sizeable decrease in the number of unemployment claims. The number of people who continued to receive unemployment was 59,921, above the 36,650 who were receiving unemployment during the week ending Sept. 27, 2008.
Louisiana unemployment filings drop
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