Right now, only 40 percent of kids statewide meet kindergarten readiness skills and behaviors, according to a report by the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children. Louisiana spends less than half of one percent of state dollars on early care and education. LPIC Director Libbie Sonnier says more funding is needed to invest in early care and education for children to provide them with a foundation.
according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 407,000 workers in the Bayou state voluntarily left their job from January to June of this year. Economist Loren Scott says more workers are leaving their jobs for better pay but seeing wages go up….
A record 760,000 Louisianans left their job last year so the Bayou State is on pace to break that record. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says an estimated 114-thousand workers were hired in June and 602-thousand have been hired for the year.
Poverty Point in West Carroll Parish receives a one-point-eight million dollar federal grant. Jeff Palermo has details on how that money will be used…
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St. Tammany Authorities are investigating a deadly crash that killed a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old girl in Bush on Saturday. Deputies learned the two juveniles were riding an ATV four-wheeler on Churchill Downs Drive when for unknown reasons the ATV went off the road and hit a tree. The investigation is ongoing.