The Louisiana Workforce Commission reports unemployment in Louisiana has reached a record low. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the not-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate for April 2022 at 3.5-percent. LWC Secretary Ava Cates says that’s the lowest rate ever recorded and their data goes back to 1976 …:
Cut 4 (07) “…we’ve ever experienced.”
Louisiana has gained over 200-thousand jobs in seasonally adjusted non-farm employment since April 2020.

The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act is on its way to the Governor’s desk after the Senate voted 32-6 to concur with a House amendment. The bill which bans transgender females from competing in female sports was vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards last year. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat on what’s next.
Cut 10 (09) “…sign it.”
The bill which bans transgender females from playing female sports in K-12 and college competitions was amended to remove the ban from intramural sports.

Louisiana will elect a new governor in 18 months and we still do not have a single declared candidate. It’s expected Attorney General Jeff Landry and Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser will run. Congressman Garret Graves and Senator Bill Cassidy are possibilities and political analyst Ron Faucheux says if Senator John Kennedy got in that would be a real surprise…
cut 8 (12) “…for the senate”
Kennedy is up for re-election this year.

LSU Ag Center entomologist Nathan Lord says based on the reports he’s getting there’s an increase in hammerhead worms, especially in south Louisiana. He says the head of a hammerhead worm is shaped like a hammerhead and they are not good for your garden, because they prey on earthworms. Lord says they are not harmful to humans but…
cut 15 (12) “….on humans”