Governor Landry has ordered a hiring freeze within the state’s executive branch. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Most of north Louisiana, including Shreveport, Ruston, Farmerville and Monroe are under a tornado watch until midnight tonight. The National Weather Service says scattered hail up to two inch inches in size is possible. Gusts of wind up to 70 miles per hour is also possible.
This afternoon President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on countries from around the world to match the tariffs those countries have placed on U-S goods shipped to them. The President has said this will result in more manufacturing in the U-S as companies will want to make those products in America to avoid the tariffs. But UNO economics professor Dub Lane says there’s a reason many goods are manufactured overseas in the first place…
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Experian has teamed up with LSU women’s basketball star Flau’ jae Johnson to help relieve five-million dollars of debt for families in Louisiana. Christina Roman with Experian says the five-thousand families who will have their debt relieved were chosen by ForgiveCo…
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Johnson says Experian will help provide a financial game plan for those blocked by debt.