The state’s personal income growth for the third quarter slowed to two-point-three percent, which is one of the lowest rates in the country. Governor John Bel Edwards blames federal tariffs, which he says is negatively impacting agricultural and petrochemical industries. He hopes the trade war with China will end soon…
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Congress has approved legislation to award former Saints star Steve Gleason with the Congressional Gold Medal for his work to help those who are disabled. The 41-year-old was diagnosed with A-L-S in 2011. Senator Bill Cassidy says Gleason has shown that people who suffer with disabilities can still have a meaningful life…
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The bill awaits the President’s signature.

Louisiana parents with children enrolled in private schools now have the ability to take advantage of the new START K12 saving program. Kevin Barnhart has the details.
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Louisiana’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice, Pascal Calogero, has died at the age of 87. He was elected to the state’s highest court in 1972 and served on the bench for 36 years, before retiring in 2008. Calogero has been praised for putting rules in place regarding conduct of judges and lawyers, setting up an indigent defender system and getting students involved in the judicial system.