New data from the federal government shows 407-thousand workers in Louisiana left their job during the first six months of this year, the highest number ever for the first half of a year….
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There is an increased outdoor fire risk today. Obviously that’s the result of the hot and dry weather, but we also have breezy conditions as a result tropical wave crossing over the Gulf of Mexico from east to west. That system will bring the state east winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour.

Poverty Point World Heritage Site in West Carroll Parish is receiving a one-point-eight million dollar federal grant that will be used to fund a master plan that will include an upgraded museum, visitor center, and other amenities. Division of Administration spokesperson Jacques Berry says this funding will enhance the visitors’ experience
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Poverty Point is an archaeological site that features huge mounds and enormous concentric half-circles built by American Indians thousands of years ago.

A report by the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children shows 60 percent of kids statewide do not meet the kindergarten school readiness benchmark. LPIC Director Libbie Sonnier says the state has made progress in expanding early care and education, but the need is still great
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Sonnier says it will take $86 million dollars for the state to make sure every at-risk child can access an early care and education program.