The number of non-farm jobs in Louisiana has topped 2.01 million for the first time in state history. That’s according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Adam Knapp, the CEO of Leaders for a Better Louisiana, says Monroe posted the fastest job growth of any metro area, fueled by construction of Meta’s 50-billion-dollar data center in Richland Parish. He says six of the state’s ten metro areas added jobs, while Houma and Shreveport lost jobs.
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Teachers in Richland Parish say the Meta data center is already providing benefits for students there. Sarah Morris, who teaches third and fourth grade at Holly Ridge Elementary School, says the data center is allowing students to learn valuable skills that many adults couldn’t even think of grasping.
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SWAC Media Day kicks off in Birmingham, Alabama, today. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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The Sun Belt kicks off media days in New Orleans today. UL Lafayette was picked to finish second in the West division in the preseason coaches’ poll. We’ll hear from the Cajuns, , La Tech and ULM during today’s events.