A Louisiana businessman says his insurance rates are up over 40% and he’s not sure how long he can take it. Todd Hine, owner of Hine Environmental Services, a small waste services business in Sulphur, says his insurance payments went from 300-thousand dollars to over a million, which he was able to negotiate down. He feels increasingly frustrated that he keeps having to pay more.
Data from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Louisiana’s unemployment rate decreased for the month of May to 4.1%. Baton Rouge added almost 7 thousand jobs and Alexandria also added 600 jobs from May 2023. However, the Monroe area lost 600 jobs from April and 1500 jobs from May 2023, which Louisiana Workforce Commission Director of Research and Economic Analysis Emily Epps says is concerning to the Workforce Commission.
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump will meet for the first presidential debate of the campaign season tonight. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says both candidates are looking to prove something in the debate. President Biden wants…
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The debate will start at 8 P.M. on CNN.
Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill that would have given his office the ability to pardon certain first-time convicted marijuana possession offenders without the recommendation of the pardon board. New Orleans Representative Delisha Boyd says the veto letter explanation that her bill was soft on crime doesn’t make sense.
First-time offenders found with less than 14 grams of marijuana would have been eligible under House Bill 391.