Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell for a second straight month in July, to its lowest level ever. Kevin Gallagher reports…:
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According to a report in the Advocate newspaper, homicides in rural Louisiana are surging. Based on data from the CDC and the FBI, the homicide rate for rural Louisiana in 2020 was just under 17 per 100-thousand people. That’s nearly three times higher than the national rural homicide rate. The biggest increase has occurred in Washington Parish.

The state Department of Children and Family Services announces policy changes as a result of an overdose death of a two-year-old child. D-C-F-S admits they were contacted three times by hospital staff about substance abuse involving the child, but because of a variety of reasons they failed to have a case worker inspect the home. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says that will never happen again…
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The supervisor overseeing Mitchell Robinson’s case has resigned, while the worker assigned to the case has been suspended.

The two-year anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall in southwest Louisiana is Saturday and many schools in the Calcasieu Parish School System still have temporary roofs as they await for FEMA money to make the repairs. But school superintendent Stephen LaFargue says despite the physical condition of their schools, LEAP scores are up…
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