As of this morning, Union Dock Workers are on strike and if it lasts a week, it could cost nearly $3.8 billion according to industry estimates. UNO Economics Professor Walter Lane says the fallout would likely impact multiple sectors of the economy with consumers seeing higher prices and fewer available products.
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Beginning today, a person could face a five-thousand-dollar fine or up to five years in prison for possessing mifepristone and misoprostol without a prescription. Opponents have expressed concern this will negatively impact the health care of pregnant women, but Attorney General Liz Murrill says this is fearmongering from the pro-abortion activists…
Facing a 700-million-dollar budget shortfall, Governor Landry unveils his tax reform plan in a news conference at the Capitol. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Southeastern Louisiana University celebrates its 100th year. A big celebration in the Student Union breezeway University President William Wainwright says you’ll be able to drink to the milestone too!
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The celebration was originally scheduled for the middle of September, but Hurricane Francine forced those plans to change.