Tag Archives: economy
Unemployment rate falls, job gains continue
Louisiana extends its streak of over the year job gains to 13 consecutive months. The state's Workforce Commission Director Ava Dejoie says since March of 2018, the education/healthcare super-sector h...
Apr 22, 2019 British Library / CC
State adds 21,900 jobs year to year
Louisiana now has 15 straight months of employment gains, and added 21,900 jobs from December of 2017 to December of 2018, putting the state's unemployment rate at 4.9%. Louisiana Workforce Commission...
Jan 19, 2019
Number of working poor families on the rise
The United Way ALICE report shows in 2016, 48% of all households in the state did not make enough money to pay basic needs, up 6% from 2014. Louisiana United Way President Sarah Berthelot says 29% ear...
Jan 09, 2019
