Once again, Louisiana posts record low unemployment numbers. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says this is three months in a row of benchmark low jobless claims and/or applications…:
Cut 13 (10) “…and Louisiana citizens.”
August figures show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5-percent and the state added 68-thousand jobs over the last year.

According to WalletHub Louisiana ranks 10th in the nation with the highest rate of job resignations. But with record low unemployment where are those individuals working? UNO business professor Mark Rosa says many are choosing to become online content providers.
Cut 7 (08) “…platforms.”
In addition to online jobs, Rosa says he’s heard of out-of-state accounting and law firms hiring remote employees in Louisiana.

Queen Elizabeth the Second’s state funeral ended a short time ago in London. Did you know in 2003, she issued a formal apology to French Acadians who were illegally deported from Nova Scotia in 1755? Thousands were exiled and many made their way to south Louisiana, but a lot people died on the way. Louisiana Attorney Warren Perrin worked to get the formal apology…
cut 5 (09) “….British Crown”
There is a signed copy of the apology at the Acadian Museum in Erath.

Hurricane Fiona is just the third hurricane and sixth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic season. AccuWeather predicted an above-average season earlier with anywhere from 16 to 20 named storms. State Climatologist Barry Keim says now AccuWeather is calling for only 12 named storms which is considered below normal.
Cut 10 (09) “…that perspective.”