 By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor Welcome to your Monday edition of the Acadiana Business Newsletter. Let's just get to the headlines. A recent report found that nearly 40,000 new jobs were created last year across Louisiana. If that sounds like a lot in a single year, it is, according to University of Louisiana at Lafayette economist Gary Wagner, who says the increase is the largest the state has seen since 1997. The study, authored by Wagner, is based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which gathers self-reported job numbers from employers. While other metrics — like online platforms that count unique job postings — suggest hiring growth in the state has been more modest than the federal data suggests, the trend appears to be moving in a positive direction, and experts say that is primarily due to the state's ongoing recovery from the pandemic. Read the full story here. Have a great day. Thank you for reading. | 
