Are you comfortable, healthy or happy? If you live in Louisiana then, according to a new survey, you shouldn’t be.. in this state. Jeff Palermo has the story…
By the way….West Virginia is last.
The Louisiana Family Forum is honoring the top ten Louisiana couples married the longest on this Valentine’s Day. For the third year in a row, the longest married couple is Lawrence and Varrie (Very) Player of Benton, married for 83 years. Family Forum President Gene Mills says it’s no surprise that this couple hails from Louisiana…
The National Federation of Independent Businesses says the Small Business Optimism Index set a record in January, with small business owners saying now is a good time to expand. Louisiana NFIB Director Dawn Starns says they have found owners are enthusiastic about investing the extra money they are getting from federal tax reform into their business…
The head of a non-partisan education group says the state school system needs to tap into more federal funds to improve state schools. John Warner Smith with New Horizon’s said Tuesday that “no child left behind” federal funds are available for Louisiana schools because of where our state ranks in public school spending. Governor John Bel Edwards has already indicated that the state will remain at last years spending for the 2018-19 school year.
Commodities
Panola Pepper and Providence Foods founder Grady Wyly “Bubber” Brown Sr. will be laid to rest today. The 83-year-old from Lake Providence died Saturday. Panola Pepper was founded in 1983 so that Brown’s farmhands would have work through the winter. Lake Providence Mayor Bobby Amacker says he made the first batch on his mother’s stovetop…