If you expect to keep collecting unemployment benefits, you may soon be required to up your weekly job searches and keep your job interview appointments. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The Rayne Police Department in Acadia Parish is mourning the loss of one of its officers. KLFY-TV is reporting the shooting occurred while officers were investigating a domestic dispute at a home in Rayne. And according to sources, the Rayne Police officer was accidentally shot. The officer has been identified as Lt. Allen Credeur.

State Treasurer John Fleming’s Senate campaign released a poll showing the race between him and incumbent Bill Cassidy is a statistical tie. The two are expected to square off in next spring’s Republican Senate primary. Pearson Cross teaches politics at ULM and says Fleming has released the poll in the hopes he can catch up to Cassidy in fundraising…

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On July first, Independent Marshall Simien will take over as Lake Charles mayor. He’s replacing two-term Republican Nic Hunter, who he defeated in a close election on Saturday. Simien says one of his biggest challenges will be leading Lake Charles during a time of economic growth, because of a growing energy sector…

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Economist Loren Scott’s economic forecast has Lake Charles as the fastest growing area in the state, adding about 81-hundred jobs in 2025 and 2026.