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La. session yields no unemployment solution

Before they wrapped up their special session, Louisiana lawmakers gave a short-term infusion of cash to the state’s bankrupt unemployment trust fund, while sidestepping any decisions on how to return the fund to long-term stability and solvency in the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, they decided on the “wing and a prayer” approach for a fund that has been drained by the steep increase in jobless wor…

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