It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

The journey we are on is leading us down a path that none of us have been on before. As individuals, as family members, as bosses or as employees, none of us know with any certainty what we're doing or where we're going. As a state we're in the same position. On this edition of out to Lunch, we're asking, Where To Now, Louisiana? The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so much about our lives, it’s hard to think of a part of our life that it hasn’t affected. But of all the changes, the biggest casualty - other than health - is employment. Currently, the number of unemployed people in the United Sates is hovering around a staggering 22 million. Although this is a nationwide problem, the stop-gap solution to unemployment – the payment of unemployment compensation – is left to the states. Unemployment compensation is structured like insurance. It works on the assumption that only a relatively small number of people will be unemployed at any one time. So, when 20 million people suddenly los