Unemployment Benefits

Louisiana residents will no longer receive an extra $300 a week on top of the state's maximum benefit of $247.

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office recently did an analysis of the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) and the findings were a bit concerning.

Louisiana's unemployment trust fund is facing a serious shortfall. Louisiana Work Force Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says "we never thought we would talk about the fund going bankrupt, but we are now talking about the trust fund going bankrupt."

Boy, that headline was a real tongue-twister.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission has paid over a billion dollars in unemployment payments since March 22nd.

During the upgrade, Louisiana employers will still have uninterrupted access to the online wage portal to pay unemployment insurance taxes.

A net worth of $1 million or more should disqualify you from receiving unemployment benefits.

An up-and-down day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 46 points. Rhonda Bordelon has your stock market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week from the previous week, but it was a 21 percent increase from a year ago. The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported 3,308 initial claims, down 52 from the previous week.

U.S. economic data painted a mixed picture and showed little reason for optimism. Mark Lasseigne has your market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.

Wall Street advanced as investors reacted to news out of Europe as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 208 points. Mark Lasseigne has your market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.        Stocks leapt after reports that Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou could submit his resignation, casting doubt on his plan for a vote on the country's bailout package ... Read More ...

Stocks whipped from positive to negative territory throughout the day even as storm clouds are forming over the European Union summit this weekend to purportedly solve all of the Continent's problems. Mark Lasseigne has more on today's Acadiana Business Index.

Wall Street ends in choppy trading as the Dow falls 41 points. Mark Lasseigne has more on today's Acadiana Business Index.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits are down in Louisiana.

Legislation extending tax cuts and unemployment benefits to millions of  Americans is now law.