The state’s agriculture commissioner says due to a cap on foreign guest workers placed by the federal government, Louisiana’s crawfish industry is facing a significant labor shortage.
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Commissioner Mike Strain says the businesses applied for H1-B visas in November as they have done in the past; but their applications were denied, and they were told to re-apply in January. The cap on working visas does not impact live and boiled crawfish.
Governor Landry has followed in President Trump’s footsteps and has endorsed Julia Letlow for U.S. Senate. ULM political science professor Pearson Cross says while Landry’s endorsement likely will not prevent a runoff, it will likely be effective in defending Letlow against incumbent Bill Cassidy.
A New Orleans-area representative wants to make it a lot easier to cancel automatic-renewal trial subscriptions. Colleen Crain reports.
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A series of small earthquakes is rocking northwest Louisiana. Among the latest is a magnitude 4.9 quake in Red River Parish. An earthquake of that magnitude is considered light to moderate; while it can be widely felt, it only causes minor damage.