University of Louisiana at Lafayette economist Doctor Gary Wagner predicts the state could lose 24-hundred jobs over the next 12 months because of a downturn in the economy. Wagner says we are already starting to see a slow down in the number of new jobs in the state…
cut 5 (11) “…three months”
Wagner says the root problem is a rise in interest rates.

Twelve families who lived on the Isle de Jean Charles island have moved into new homes in Terrebonne Parish as part of a 48-million dollar federal resettlement plan, because the Island is washing away into the Gulf of Mexico….
cut 11 (10) “…climate change”
Pat Forbes with the State Office of Community Development says they expect another two dozen families to re-locate to the new neighborhood by the end of the year.

The board that governs Louisiana public higher education has created another way for high school students to get into college…
Cut 2 (28) “….I’m Marsanne Golsby”

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved the state’s first ever accountability plan for grades K-through-second. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says a major focus of the accountability plan is a student’s reading ability…
cut 15 (12) “….literacy levels”