The state Department of Insurance approves a big rate hike for customers of the state’s last-resort property insurer, Louisiana Citizens…:
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The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to approve a plan today to help third and fourth graders who are struggling to read at the appropriate age level. Under the proposal, students who fail a screening would undergo 30 hours of summer remediation or they could skip summer school and get some other assistance or repeat the grade.

John Deere is investing nearly 30-million dollars to expand operations at its Thibodaux facility. The expansion will result in 70 new jobs. The governor’s office says the state offered John Deere an incentive package, including a performance-based retention and modernization grant of up to one-million dollars. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson
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The 70 new jobs will have an average annual salary of 47-thousand dollars and the expansion will also retain 311 jobs.

The consumer financial company Bankrate conducted a survey and found that 25% of holiday travelers will be making less expensive accommodations for the holidays and 24% will take fewer trips due to higher travel costs. Senior Industry Analyst, Ted Rossman says 43% of Americans are planning to travel this holiday season.
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