11:30 Newscast, August 15th, 2017

A study out of Harvard Medical School and the University of California finds about one in five employees in the country feel like they work in a hostile environment. University of New Orleans Business Professor Mark Rosa says this is a surprising statistic with the increase in the amount of laws aimed against sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace…:
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The study found more than half of Americans report exposure to unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy is still optimistic the Senate can pass a health care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Cassidy is one of three senators that have constructed a plan he says returns power to the states…:
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office has made two arrests in the case of the brutal murder of Dustin Hammons of Houston who was found in a field in Starks on August 2nd. Sheriff Tony Mancuso said they found out that the victim was last seen with the two suspects, 22-year-old Ashlyn Brown and 45-year-old Boyd “Lurch” Hagood, both of Baytown, Texas…:
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The two are charged with second degree murder in the incident being described as drug related.

Cable barrier installation is set to begin this week in Caddo and Desoto Parishes along I-49, according to DOTD. Spokeswoman Erin Buchanan says construction should take about a year and advises motorists to be on the lookout for zones…:
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This project is part of a larger DOTD goal to install 600 total miles of cable barriers throughout the state.