Louisiana is marking its second-largest seasonal over-the-month increase in employment in decades. That’s the word from Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates who says the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Ida has had a large impact on the state’s employment situation with a seasonally-adjusted non-farm gain of more than 34 thousand jobs in October. Cates says construction jobs in the state went up by 82-hundred in October.
Louisiana’s first entry in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will make history tomorrow as the longest float in the parade. Lt Governor Billy Nungesser says Celebration Gator, a 60-foot-long float, will proudly represent the state and promote tourism. He says because Louisiana knows a thing or two about parades, he wanted to make sure Celebration Gator has that wow factor. And while in the Big Apple the float will make several media appearances promoting the Bayou State.
Thursday’s appearance in the parade is the first of a three-year commitment.
Republican state legislators are voicing opposition to a Department of Health proposal to require COVID-19 shots for kids to attend schools. The mandate would apply only to age groups approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for non-emergency use situations. However, Senator Bodi White who sits on the Senate Health & Welfare which will soon review the LDH COVID proposal and also chairs the Senate Finance Committee says if LDH insists on giving unproven shots to small kids, the committee can spend their budget elsewhere…:
Cut 12 (09) “…have to do that.”
Triple-A’s Don Redman says the Thanksgiving travel volume predicted this week is within five percent of 2019 pre-pandemic levels and marks the highest single-year increase in 16 years. Redman advises those traveling by car to make sure they’re aware of what COVID-19 restrictions might be in place along their route and destination.
Cut 14 (09) “…on your highway.”
He says air travel is up 80 percent over last year to a volume of just over four million passengers.