Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Louisiana dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

Employers can also expect a cut in the unemployment insurance taxes they pay per employee into the state's unemployment fund. The wage base, or the wages businesses pay the tax on each year, will ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...