Bond has been set for three men East Baton Rouge investigators say were involved in a sexual assault of an LSU student who died a short time later when she was hit by vehicle. Authorities say 19-year-old Madison Brooks was extremely drunk when all of this happened. A 17-year-old has also been charged. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt expects East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore to use a grand jury to finalize the charges…
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Total nonfarm employment increased by 48-hundred jobs from November to December. Mark Wilson with the Louisiana Workforce Commission says construction added 33-hundred workers and manufacturing added 12-hundred jobs in that one month period…
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The manufacturing sector has added 87-hundred jobs from December 2021.

State lawmakers go into special session Monday to discuss a proposal to use $45-million in surplus cash to bring new property insurers to Louisiana, which means fewer businesses and homeowners relying on Louisiana Citizens, which costs significantly more. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the same plan brought five new companies to the state after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but Thibodaux Rep. Bryan Fontenot remains skeptical…
CUT 28(09) “…on those companies?”

The American Lung Association gives Louisiana three f-grades, a D-grade and one C-grade in their annual tobacco control report card. Louisiana received a C grade for smokefree air and the senior director of advocacy at the American Lung Association Ashley Lyerly says the state can do better…
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The state received Fs for tobacco prevention funding, tobacco taxes and not regulating flavored tobacco products.