Louisiana unemployment rate falls to 6% in August

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Louisiana was among 29 states to see its unemployment rate fall in August from the previous month, with the Bayou State posting its lowest rate—6%, down 0.2 percentage points from July—since May 2014, according to new figures from the U.S. Department of Labor. Compared to last August, Louisiana had roughly 7,000 more nonfarm jobs last

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