New federal labor numbers show Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was just 3.4-percent. The lowest rate in the state’s history. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates says this marks 19 consecutive months of declines in jobless claims.
Cut 4 (11) “…in the labor force.” (2x)

Early voting begins tomorrow for the November eighth election. You’ll find eight constitutional amendments on the ballot. Amendments one asks voters to increase the cap on the amount of monies in certain state funds that may be invested in stocks to 65-percent. PAR President Steven Procopio says a no vote will maintain the same 35-percent limit on investing state funds…
cut 9 (10) “…fund education primarily”

The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office along with your local sheriffs’ department is distributing free child ID kits to students in kindergarten through fifth grades. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says parents can use the kits to store their child’s fingerprints, a DNA sample, physical identification information, and recent photos that can be given to law enforcement in abduction and runaway cases…
Cut 14 (10) “..that investigation.”
The next time you are in Baton Rouge, you can check out a sunken ferry along the banks the Mississippi River that’s now visible because of the low river water level. State Archeologist Chip McGimsey says the ferry sank in 1915 and it’s located just over the levee near the intersection of North Street and River Road..
cut 11 (06) “…about it”