Three Louisiana cities rank as some of the highest in the US for losing the most jobs. According to 24/7 Wall St, the Lafayette area topped the list having accounted for 9400 losses in the past year. Houma/Thibodaux ranked third highest with an area employment decline of 3.7%, and Shreveport-Bossier came in at No. 4 with a loss of 4200 jobs…:
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That’s LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott.

U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham’s Office has begun handing out tickets to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration; but requests flooded in so quickly they had to remove the link on their site. Abraham’s spokesperson Cole Avery says if folks want to go to the January 20th event, there will be public viewing areas open in the National Mall in Washington, D.C…:
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Mr. Trump carried the Bayou State by a landslide over Secretary Hillary Clinton, 58 to 38-percent.

The National Institutes of Health grants LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center with 5.3 million dollars to study why certain people benefit more or less from exercise. Emelie Gunn has more..:
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89-year-old former Governor Edwin Edwards is out of the hospital after being diagnosed with a recurring bout of pneumonia. His wife Trina says doctors are working to improve an issue with Edwards’ lungs and he’s now doing much better.