According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 407,000 Louisiana workers quit their jobs in the first six months of this year. A record 760,000 Louisianans left their job last year so the Bayou State is on pace to break that record. Economist Loren Scott says many Louisiana workers are leaving their job for better pay…
Cut 13 (12) “…higher wage rates.”

Advocates for access of pre-K education say an additional 86-million dollars is needed to make sure every at-risk child can have access to early care and education programs. Louisiana Policy Institute for Children director Libbie Sonnier says pre-K education helps develop social, emotional and problem solving skills…
cut 11 (09) “….that day”
Sonnier says unfortunately 60-percent of kids in Louisiana do not meet the kindergarten school readiness benchmark.

Poverty Point in West Carroll Parish has received a one-point-eight million dollar federal grant. Division of Administration spokesperson Jacques Berry says the money will be used to enhance the visitor’s experience, including a new museum and visitor center that once constructed will not able to be seen from the archeological site…
cut 8 (11) “…1500 B.C.”
Poverty Point is the state’s only World Heritage Site and attracts 100-thousand visitors.

A hearing takes place today in a Baton Rouge courtroom over a lawsuit filed by nine schools who are upset with the LHSAA’s playoff structure. Last year the LHSAA executive committee moved dozens of non-select schools to select and reduced the number of playoff brackets for football, basketball, baseball and softball. Attorney Brian Blackwell says now you have 5A schools competing against 4A schools in the playoffs…
cut 6 (12) “….1,000”
But LHSAA Executive Director Eddie Bonine says the new playoff format has brought fairness and more competitive games.