Small businesses in Louisiana and across the country are having trouble filling job openings. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Aurelia Giacometto is out as Secretary for the Department of Environmental Quality. Giacometto has been a controversial figure as DEQ secretary as an audit released in March found that 78-percent DEQ employees said morale was down with her as Secretary and 33-percent said it was toxic work environment.
This year, Louisiana’s honeybee population is experiencing its worst decline on record, with beekeepers reporting a staggering 60-percent loss in colonies. Louisiana Beekeepers Association VP Kevin Langley says this collapse threatens not only local ecosystems but also national food supplies, as bees play a crucial role in pollinating crops.
Langley attributes the decline in the honeybee population to pesticide use, habitat loss, and disease.
The Louisiana Department of Health says the state has already surpassed last year’s total number for whooping cough cases. State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory illness…
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Two infants have also died from whooping cough. Sokol is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated.