Kenner Congressman and U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says the GOP’s Lower Energy Costs Act can be a real help with inflation, but only if the President will sign it…:
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A Tulane University study indicates that simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use is up significantly among a specific group of college students. Brooke Thorington has more
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In Louisiana, Lenten season means seafood season. How does that impact the state’s economy? Teiko Foxx has more…
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District 1 Congressman and House majority leader Steve Scalise says the Lower Energy Costs Act can help families struggling to make ends meet and put Americans back to work producing energy…but only if the President will support it. Over 40-percent of inflation in America is energy-related. Oil & gas drive the costs of everything. Scalise says H.R. 1, which is called the Lower Energy Costs Act, will benefit consumers and taxpayers by reinvigorating the American energy industry…:
Cut 4 (12) “…energy in America.”
The bill would take an “all of the above” approach to energy; promoting renewable sources, but also clearing the way for U.S. oil & gas exploration to ramp back up. It would open up more offshore energy leasing, and remove hurdles in acquiring exploration permits. Scalise says the White House has slowed that process to a crawl, which curtails domestic energy production…:
Cut 5 (11) “…in foreign countries.”
Scalise expects the bill to be debated and voted upon soon. He says there are enough majority votes to pass it, but welcomes any Democrats who want Americans to have cheaper energy to support it as well. He acknowledges the bill, in essence, directs President Biden to undo over two years of his own energy policy by signing the bill..:
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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at 3.5% percentage points and remains the lowest in history according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rate dropped ½ a percentage point from January 2022. Mark Jones with the Louisiana Workforce Commission says the employment rate has declined over the year for 23 consecutive months.
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Preliminary data for January 2023 shows that seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment in the state is 1.9 million.
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Jones says LWC continues to assist hundreds of employers with job fairs being held across the state.
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Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among college students is on the rise, that’s according to a Tulane University study. Assistant professor of social work Audrey Hai (pronounced high) says they examined data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health of 56 thousand full-time college students ages 18 to 25 from 2006 to 2019.
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The use of both alcohol and marijuana among Black college students was 5.50% from 2006 to 2010. It increased by 69% to 9.30% from 2015 to 2019.
Hai says the sharp increase between 2018 to 2019 for Black students is likely attributed to the beginning of widespread attention to racism and police brutality. And considering the data was gathered before the pandemic and George Floyd’s death…
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As simultaneous use is on the uptick, especially among Black students, Hai says colleges and universities should focus on awareness and treatment for alcohol and marijuana use because it…
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The overall increase for simultaneous use among all races and ethnicities of college students from the same time period increased from 8.13 % to 8.44%.
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It’s Lenten season and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana took a snapshot report of Louisiana’s seafood industry. PAR’s President, Steven Procopio says the seafood industry has an economic impact of more than $2.4 billion annually.
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Louisiana is the nation’s second-largest seafood supplier for its products such as crawfish, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and alligators. Procopio says one out of every 70 jobs is related to the seafood industry and the state produces about 130 million pounds of crawfish annually.
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The hurricanes of 2020-21 cost the seafood industry more than $560 million in total revenue and resource losses.
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The state harvest of shrimp – accounts for 33% caught in the country.
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