Louisiana up 32,700 non-farm jobs in past year

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana gained 32,700 non-farm jobs from July 2007 through July 2008. That's according to a report released Monday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The count did drop by just under 13,000 jobs from June 2008. Of the yearly gain, about half came from the New Orleans metropolitan area, which is still trying to... [read full story]