Economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the state will add nearly 81 thousand jobs over the next two years. Scott says the industrial industry will see a growth in employment due to large numbers of projects in south Louisiana…
Cut 3 (10) “…boom coming.”
Those job gains are forecasted in the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles regions which have $154 billion worth of industrial projects in the queue.

The U-S House needs a new Speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted in a historic vote by House members. Louisiana’s Republican House members voted to keep McCarthy as Speaker, and Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves is upset with Matt Gaetz who led the effort to remove McCarthy…
cut 7 (10) “…he’s the Conservative”

District attorneys and the Louisiana Pardon Board reach a settlement that will result in most death row prisoners NOT having their clemency application heard. East Baton Rouge D-A Hillar Moore says the Pardon Board can not hear most of the cases, because most death row prisoners are not eligible for a hearing…
cut 12 (10) “….was made”
Governor Edwards is an opponent to the death penalty and there’s been an effort to commute death penalty sentences to life in prison.

33-year-old Morgan Freche (Fur-chay), a former Tangipahoa Parish teacher, faces third-degree rape charges in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a now 17-year-old student. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says even if the sexual relationship was consensual, it’s still considered rape, because a minor was involved
Cut 13 (09) “… third-degree-rape.”