Amazon seeks a location for a new corporate headquarters, as the online mega retailer plans to open a second corporate location. State Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says Louisiana has a lot of strengths to offer should we throw our hat in the ring, and its likely we will.
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Amazon says they are looking to spend five-billion dollars to build another headquarters in North America.

It’s a big weekend of college football and Louisiana Tech will host Mississippi State in Ruston. Both teams won their season openers. State shutout Charleston Southern 49-0. Bulldogs Coach Skip Holtz is very impressed with how State won its season opener…
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The Governor’s Office is holding a statewide blood drive today amid a supply shortage following Hurricane Harvey. Tina Martinez with LifeShare Blood Centers says because of the hurricane’s destruction, many communities have not been able to donate blood to support the medical needs of local patients:
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Blood drive locations have been set up in all the major Louisiana cities, and donors can also go by any LifeShare location to contribute.

Congress has approved a 15-billion dollar disaster aid package to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Both of Louisiana’s U-S Senators voted for the bill. Republican John Kennedy has a message for those struggling to find hope….
cut 11 (10) “…think you won’t”