BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending March 16, decreased from the previous week's total.
The state labor department figures released Monday show the initial claims dropped to 1,889 from the previous week's total of 2,860. This is the lowest level since March 22, 2008, when initial claims were at 1,862. A decrease in the construction, health care and social assistance sectors contributed to the lower overall numbers.
Initial claims were below the comparable week a year earlier at 2,830.
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