Low oil prices will most likely continue and result in more cuts to oil companies in 2016, according to a Moody’s Investors Service analysis. LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott says currently crude oil is selling for about 47 dollars a barrel and they expect it to only slightly go up.

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Moody’s projects companies like Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron could see cash flow shrink by as much 20-percent this year.

The four men running for Lt. Governor were asked about their stance on the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans, during a debate yesterday in Baton Rouge. Democrat Baton Rouge Mayor President Kip Holden believes the public should be engaged in conversation about the issue before action is taken that could flare the situation up…

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Louisiana’s primary election is just over five weeks away.

A record number of Louisiana residents, nearly 2,700, signed up to quit smoking through Quitline and the Smoking Cessation Trust in July. DHH Assistant Secretary for Public Health J.T. Lane believes the recent increase in the state cigarette tax could be a factor in the increased number of residents looking to kick the habit…

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Louisiana recently increased the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 50-cents.

Education officials in Lafayette say they are spending more than $26,000 on beefing up security at Northside High following a shooting after last Friday night’s football game. Bobby Badeaux, athletic director of the Lafayette Parish School system, says now a minimum of 12 cops will staff the home games…

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Cops say the September 11th incident in which a 17-year-old was shot in the arm is still under investigation.