A slight uptick in St. Mary Parish’s workforce and better sales and use tax collections may finally indicate that the economic slide has bottomed out. But a substantial recovery could still be months away, one parish official said. In June, the parish’s workforce totaled 20,586 people, up from the May workforce of 20,389 people. In June 2016, St. Mary’s workforce included 22,586 people, according to a news release from the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The number of people employed in St. Mary Parish rose from 18,547 in May to 18,744 in June, while the number of people unemployed remained the same ...