There’s good and bad news on the state of labor in Louisiana on this Labor Day. The Louisiana Budget Project says between 2012-2014, median wages have increased 39 cents. LBP Director Jan Moller says while we have more people working in the state than ever before, large pay gaps keep getting bigger:
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He believes more needs to be done to improve the lives of workers in Louisiana.

The LSU/McNeese State game was cancelled due to lightning Saturday night and Tiger Head Coach Les Miles says he’s not sure how this will impact the 4-team playoff since they only have 11 games while everyone else has 12…:
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It’s the first cancelled game in nearly 100 years for LSU. Refund information will be announced by Wednesday.

The Shreveport Police Department says an officer involved shooting has left the suspect dead after a wild police chase and manhunt. They say cops were responding to reports from a concerned citizen who said someone had just tried to sell her drugs. When officers caught up with the man’s vehicle matching the caller’s description, the suspect reportedly pulled out a gun and fired at them but nobody was hit. When the chase ended, the suspect got out of the car with a gun and that’s when police responded with gunfire according to the report.

The LSU Ag Center increases its estimate on how much damage feral hogs perform on Louisiana farms. Michael Farrar has the story…:
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