4:30 LRN Newscast

LSU Football Coach Brian Kelly called last night’s 45-24 loss to Florida State a complete failure. The Seminoles scored 31 points in the second half to blowout the Bayou Bengals. Kelly says the team lacked urgency in the second half…
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LSU came into the season ranked fifth in the country, they’ll likely fall out of the top ten when the new rankings come out tomorrow.

The National Republican Governors Association is entering the Louisiana race with the first TV ad attacks that target Democrat Shawn Wilson. ULM Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says the ad blames Wilson for the state road issues.

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Cross says the attack ad indicates the NRGA believes frontrunner Republican Jeff Landry will most likely face Wilson in a runoff.

More than 580 orphaned well sites in the state have been plugged since January thanks to 25 million dollars in funding from the Infrastructure Law and another 12 million from the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service. Louisiana Department of Natural Resource Spokesperson Patrick Courreges…

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The state has roughly 45 hundred orphaned well sites, most are in the Shreveport-Monroe area.

What does the labor market look like in Louisiana? We asked University of Louisiana at Lafayette Economist Gary Wagner who says labor market conditions are looking favorable

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Wagner says the sectors leading the way in increased employment are construction, education, and health service.