With a forecast of almost 75-thousand new jobs in the next two years, one economist says Louisiana is poised to cross the two-million jobs barrier. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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The Louisiana Illuminator reports that the LSU Board of Supervisors may hire a new LSU president at its October 24 meeting. Piper Huchinson is reporting that the timeline has been moved up, and the firm hired to assist in finding a new president could deliver names to the search committee next week.
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How will the federal government shutdown affect consumer spending? Kris Lindsey-Hall, an associate professor of marketing at LSU, says those who stand to lose their income, whether temporarily or permanently, will have a very rough go for the time being.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is reducing spending to counter a 25-percent budget deficit that’s grown because of a decline in enrollment of full-time undergraduate students. But interim president Jamie Hebert says the goal with these cost cutting initiatives is not to diminish the student learning experience, and they believe they can achieve that.
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Hebert says they hope to reach fiscal stability by May 2026.