Is Louisiana actually IN an economic downturn? Kevin Gallagher reports an economist predicts thousands of jobs lost over the next year…:
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The state Department of Health confirms one human case of the potentially fatal West Nile disease in the Acadiana region; the first one in that area since 2018. So far this year, 14 cases the Neuroinvasive viral disease have turned up statewide. Two people have died. LDH says do what you can to avoid mosquito bites.

Twelve Isle de Jean Charles families who lived on a sinking island are in new homes today in Terrebonne Parish as part of the first federally funded resettlement plan. Pat Forbes with the state Office of Community Development says the residents are excited about their new homes, but also sad they had to re-locate…
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Since 1955 the island, which is located about 40 miles south of the new site, has experienced a 98-percent land loss and continues to be at risk.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved the state’s first accountability plan for kindergarten through second grade. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says it’s a literacy focused-plan and students will begin taking a literacy indicator during the 2024-25 school year. He says they have several ideas on how to ensure students can read at grade level once they reach the third grade…
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