The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports the unemployment rate for March was seven-point-three percent as 152-thousand people were unemployed. That’s an increase of 37-thousand from the previous March…
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That’s L-W-C Secretary Ava Dejoie, who says their HiRE site has tens of thousands of job openings.

Law enforcement is on the lookout this week for pickup drivers who are not wearing a seat belt. It’s part of the Buckle Up in Your Truck campaign to increase usage. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission spokesperson Mark Lambert says you are twice as likely to die in a crash in a pickup versus an automobile.
Cut 7 (10) “…even death.”
According to the 2019 Louisiana Seat Belt Observation Survey, occupants in a pickup truck are 9-percent less likely to wear their seat belts.

Covington Representative Mark Wright has a bill that would require first-time DUI offenders to install an in-car interlock device. Taylor Sharp reports the device only allows sober drivers to start the vehicle…
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A fifth body has been recovered from a capsized lift boat off the coast of Lafourche Parish. The search continues for eight crew members who remain missing.

The St. John Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office says six people were shot Saturday night at a 12-year-old child’s birthday party in LaPlace. Investigators say shots were fired after verbal confrontations erupted. No fatalities have been reported and no one has been arrested at this time.