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As of next year, people receiving unemployment benefits in Louisiana will have to complete five work-search actions a week instead of three.
Gov. Jeff Landry signed a new bill into law that raised the requirements.
Louisiana's unemployment benefits are some of the lowest in the nation, topping out at $275 a week, and available only to people laid off without cause.
Benefits formerly lasted 26 weeks, but that's been cut back to 12 to 20 weeks, depending on the rate of unemployment.
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