Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves teams up with one of his Democratic colleagues to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act. He says public sector workers have seen their Social Security benefits reduced by as much as two-thirds, forcing them to turn to public assistance.
Graves says it has 328 co-sponsors – more than enough for the bill to sail through the House. Graves and Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger got lawmakers to sign a discharge petition to force a vote on the bill, which should happen sometime in the coming weeks.
Louisiana Nonfarm jobs grew in August. According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the adjusted numbers show an increase of 2500 jobs over July and Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August is tied for the third-lowest rate in series history at 3.9 percent.
New Orleans hosts the Super Bowl in about four and a half months. Is the city ready? Sean Richardson has the story.
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The University of Louisiana Monroe says Fall enrollment is up four-percent over the last year, one of largest increases in the school’s history. Vice President of Enrollment Management Lisa Miller says this past year was the first time since Covid-19 the university was able to get back to recruitment, and ULM has been working to rebound from the decreased enrollment that the pandemic caused.