While a 69% rebound in unemployment from April of 2020 indicates the state’s economy is recovering, LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott, unfortunately, says the outlook for the oil and gas industry is bleak. He says the Biden Administration’s moratorium on new leases in the Gulf of Mexico is very concerning.
Senator Bill Cassidy was one of ten Republican Senators to meet with President Biden last night to discuss the next round of COVID relief. Biden backs a 1.9 trillion dollar plan while Cassidy and company prefer a 618 billion dollar measure Cassidy says the two sides began a dialog.
Without ten Republicans in support Democrats would have to pass the package through a process known as reconciliation
Shreveport Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who went inside Ochsner LSU Health and wounded two individuals with a large knife. Sergeant Glen Heckard says one of the victims was the mother of the suspect and they do not know why Zaokoye Chatman attacked the two workers at Ochsner LSU Health…
State Police has announced the arrest of three individuals on charges of human trafficking after law enforcement during a traffic stop in Bunkie found a 15-year-old juvenile being sexually exploited. Senior Trooper Casey Wallace says the officers who conducted the stop should be commended for realizing that this was a case of human trafficking…