Federal Labor Statistics show Louisiana’s unemployment rate dropped last month a little more than four percent. Experts say the capitol city alone added 200 jobs from May to June and almost seven thousand jobs since May of last year. Louisiana Workforce Commission Director of Research and Economic Analysis Emily Epps says that wasn’t unexpected, but was a little surprising, month to month job growth in Alexandria…
A Louisiana businessman says his insurance rates are up over 40% and he’s not sure how long he can take it. Todd Hine, owner of Hine Environmental Services, a small waste services business in Sulphur, says he’s been told auto insurance rates are going up because of the state’s legal climate. He likens it to a casino…
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Governor Landry vetoed a bill that would have given him the ability to pardon certain first-time convicted marijuana possession offenders without the recommendation of the pardon board. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has said he supports our state’s new law mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms and says he thinks it will survive any legal challenges. The law, which has sparked controversy across the country, requires the Ten Commandments be in Louisiana classrooms beginning in 2025 and requires the posters include three paragraphs about their influential role in American history.