The Baton Rouge Press Club is hosting a gubernatorial forum today and three of the four major candidates are expected to attend. Jeff Palermo has more….
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The latest US Census data shows Louisiana had the third highest rate of poverty in the country in 2014. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a campaign fundraising stop in Baton Rouge today. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The Baton Rouge Press Club is holding a gubernatorial forum today and three of the four major candidates are expected to attend. Senator David Vitter will not be at the forum. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says even with the other debates he’s missed, he doesn’t think this will hurt Vitter’s chances of making the runoff.
Pinsonat says Vitter’s base is strong and want him as the next governor because he’s proven to be a strong conservative. He says Vitter supporters aren’t worried about his prostitution scandal and the fact that he isn’t attending this press club forum won’t change how they view him.
Pinsonat says even though Vitter is missing today’s forum, he has enough money to get is message out through TV commercials.
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The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the number of people employed in mining and logging, and that includes the oil sector, is at its lowest level since December 2005. There are 46-thousand people employed in this sector of the state’s economy, a decline of 78-hundred over the last year. Executive director of the L-W-C Curt Eysink says you can blame the low price of oil…
Eysink says job losses in the oil sector are starting to impact other areas of the state’s economy
But Eysink says overall the state has added more jobs in the last year because of an industrial construction boom happening across south Louisiana. He says the state has nearly 25-thousand more workers than in August 2014…
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According to the latest U.S. Census data, Louisiana had the third highest rate of poverty in the country for 2014, just below 20 percent. Jan Moller, Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, says he hopes the gubernatorial candidates will create plans to reduce poverty in the state because it’s often a topic that gets swept under the rug.
Moller says we have a lot of work to do to create an economy that works for everybody. He says there are policies out there that could easily help us move the needle.
Almost 897-thosuand of Louisiana residents lived below the poverty line, which is 24-thousand dollars for a family of four. Moller says the rate of children living in poverty in the state was even higher and estimated at 28 percent.
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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a campaign fundraising stop in Baton Rouge today. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it’s been a rough few weeks for the former Secretary of State because of an email scandal…:
The fundraiser is being held at businessman Jim Bernhard’s home and it costs $2700 to attend. Even though Clinton’s poll numbers have drastically declined over the summer, Cross believes she still has a good shot at the White House…:
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This morning, Clinton will be in the Capitol City at what’s being described as a “grassroots organizing event” aimed at building up local volunteers who will help the campaign leading into Louisiana’s March 5th primary. Cross says Clinton is working to stay the course:
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LSU’s Leonard Fournette is the biggest star in college football after his jaw dropping performance in a 45-21 win over Auburn. Fournette had a career-high 228 yards rushing and three touchdowns. The sophomore says he had a blast running around and through Auburn tacklers.
Fournette’s showing through two games has him as an early front-runner for the Heisman Trophy. But the New Orleans native is not thinking about post-season awards…
The victory for LSU gives them a 2-0 record, with both victories coming an SEC west division foes. With Alabama suffering a loss on Saturday, LSU is now one of the favorites to win the division. Fournette likes where his team is at
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The Saints are 0-2 on the season after losing to Tampa Bay 26-19 in front of home crowd at the Mercedes Benz Superdome. The Saints had a brief lead in the 2nd quarter, but the Buccaneers took control in the 3rd quarter and three New Orleans turnovers were too much to overcome. Coach Sean Payton says the Bucs were the better team.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for 255 yards and one touchdown. But he was intercepted once and sacked four times. The defense allowed rookie quarterback Jameis Winston to get settled and there were mistakes on special teams. Payton says it’s easy to see why they lost.