It’s a nice economic combo, as Louisiana’s labor force continues to grow as the state’s unemployment rate dropped for a third month in a row. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director, Curt Eysink, says the drop in oil prices has caused some decline in employment in the oil and gas industry…
CUT 5 (07) Q : “up for that”
There were almost 2 million nonfarm jobs in Louisiana, the highest March on record.

Many lawmakers are not comfortable with the idea of allowing colleges and universities to raise tuition and fees, but a bill that would give public colleges the right to do that – without legislative approval – advanced out of the House Education Committee today. Thibodaux Representative Dee Richard says he doesn’t like it…
CUT 8 (10) Q: ‘support that’
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Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott died in his sleep last night in Baton Rouge while in town to meet with lawmakers at the Capitol. LSU police say Scott was staying at the Lod Cook Hotel on campus. Captain Corey Lalonde says they were called to Scott’s room around 8:15 this morning…:
CUT 11 (06) Q: ‘was deceased”
He says by all indications this was just an extremely tragic sudden death.

Federal health officials say three people have died and five others have fallen ill from bacteria that may have come from Blue Bell products. A company spokesperson says they are focusing on cleanup and working to make sure they have a safe product. Tulane Business Professor Mark Rosa says they have a lot of work to do after that…
cut 14 (10) “Herculean effort”
A Blue Bell spokesperson says the company could start shipping product to stores again in the next couple of weeks.