Governor Jeff Landry has issued a statewide hiring freeze. According to his announcement, he is looking to save an annualized $20 million in the state general fund. He said, “To ensure the long-term fiscal health of Louisiana and protect essential services for our most vulnerable citizens, we must take decisive action now to address revenue shortfalls.” All state government departments and agencies are subject to the freeze, but local government entities are not included.
While President Trump is expected to announce global tariffs saying they will bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., U-N-O economics professor Dub Lane says there’s a reason that many goods are manufactured overseas in the first place.
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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office says a Slidell man was shot after forcing his way into a home and assaulting a woman. Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni says, learning that 52-year-old Tyrone Mercadel (merk-a-dell) kicked in the door and attacked the woman and in self-defense, the woman fired two shots, hitting Mercadel in the leg.
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Authorities later located Mercadel and transported him to a hospital. Carboni says once released, he will be arrested for aggravated battery. The woman’s husband was also arrested and booked with aggravated criminal damage to property.
Experian has teamed up with LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson to help relieve five-million dollars of consumer debt for five-thousand families in Louisiana. Christina Roman with Experian says the partnership is perfect since Experian and Johnson both promote financial literacy…