5:30 LRN Newscast

Early voting starts Saturday and tonight’s your last chance to hear from five of the six major gubernatorial candidates in a statewide televised debate. Brooke Thorington has more.

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A new JP Morgan Chase Bank operations center which will serve as the central home loan hub in Ruston has been unanimously approved by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury and School Board. The new 50 thousand square foot facility will create 200 jobs with an average annual salary of $50 thousand.

Louisiana is ranked 45th in the nation for long-term care services and support for seniors. Director of Advocacy Andrew Muhl…

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In family caregiving, the state also shows a 10 percent decline in adult day services and access to home health aides. 22 percent of Louisiana’s Medicaid spending goes toward home care services.

Plans are in progress to build a pipeline that would take fresh river water from past Kenner and transport it to water treatment plants in Orleans and Jefferson Parish to dilute the salt coming in from the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans’ director of homeland security and emergency preparedness Collin Arnold…

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