The Tri-Parish workforce posted a gain in April compared to a year ago when jobs vaporized amid COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns.
The April workforce numbered 67,162, an increase of 657 or nearly 1% over a year ago..
The workforce includes those people working and those looking for a job.
The state’s April not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell by 6.1 percentage points to 6.6% from the…
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