One economist says most sectors of Louisiana’s economy will suffer from President Trump’s global tariffs. Dr. Loren Scott says one possible exception is Hyundai, which recently announced a 5-billion-dollar investment in a new steel plant to supply its car factories in Alabama and Georgia.
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Scott says other potential exceptions are the seafood industry and the timber industry because of reduced competition from Canadian wood and Chinese plywood.
For the last two school years, teachers have received a two-thousand-dollar stipend on top of their regular pay, but that stipend and the one-thousand dollars for school support staff hasn’t been renewed. Senate President Cameron Henry says lawmakers have a goal is to give teachers a permanent pay raise, but finding the money in the upcoming legislative session will be difficult…
A residential fire in Shreveport has killed three people and left a seven-year-old child in critical condition. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A 34-year-old man wanted for killing his parents is captured in California. Police arrested Joshua Brocato in Los Angeles after he allegedly murdered Marc and Priscilla Brocato at their Amite area home last week. Tangipahoa Sheriff Gerald Sticker says their deaths have sparked a lot of sorrow throughout the community…