The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office has sent a report to state lawmakers that looks at teacher retention and certified teachers’ impact on student achievement. Kevin Gallagher has the story…

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Authorities are searching for two 19-year-olds who escaped from Acadiana Center for Youth around 1 p.m. on Monday. A Command Center has been established at the facility to assist in their arrests. Anyone with information is asked to call local law enforcement immediately.

According to the Louisiana Economic Activity Forecast, A full recovery is not expected until next year and the number of jobs in the state remains about 5-percent below pre-COVID levels. University Louisiana at Lafayette economist Gary Wagner says the Houma-Thibodaux and Lafayette metro areas are expected to experience the fastest job growth in the state…

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Hurricane season officially begins tomorrow and there are still roughly 400 households, representing about 12-hundred people, in Terrebonne Parish awaiting FEMA trailers. Parish Planning and Zoning Director Christopher Pulaski says people are frustrated…

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Pulaski says there are about nine-thousand people living in more than three-thousand trailers from either the state or FEMA.