8:30 LRN Newscast

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the state set a record in June for the number of people employed at 2,027,830. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says the manufacturing sector is hiring as they’ve added nearly seven thousand jobs over the last year…
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Cates says they are also no longer seeing a big decline in mining and logging jobs, which includes the oil and gas industry.

Tulane University Virologist Doctor Robert Garry co-authored two studies with scientists from around the world that provides evidence that the global COVID-19 pandemic likely started in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China. Garry saysthe virus jumped from animals at the market to humans….
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Garry says his research does not support the theory the virus started in a nearby Wuham lab.

After a national search, the Louisiana Cancer Research Center names its new director. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Jamie Guillory, the wife of Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory, has issued a statement supporting her husband, who is now in rehab for alcohol addiction and untreated PTSD. Jamie Guillory says she stands by her husband and it’s unfortunate some will try to take advantage of this situation for their political advantage.