Louisiana’s START College Savings Program has been named the 5th best plan in the country by the Christian Science Monitor. State Treasurer John Kennedy says he is proud Louisiana has such a great program and START has grown so much since he first became state treasurer…

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Kennedy says all a parent needs to do to open a START account is ten dollars and then the money is professionally managed for future educational expenses.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is making enhancements to its online HiRE employment system to make finding a job easier and more efficient. LWC Executive Director Curt Eysink says, with these enhancements, one’s re-employment process will begin immediately…

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He says these upgrades will better connect unemployment insurance to workforce development and job matching.

Daylight Saving Time ended Sunday and Louisiana State Police reminds motorists to stay safe on the road as you adjust to the new time schedule. Trooper Dustin Dwight says it will take a little time for our bodies to adjust to the new time change…

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As the sun begins to set earlier in the day, it may throw some drivers off who are not used to driving in darker conditions.

Flu season is approaching and the Tulane University School of Medicine has received a 1.6 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to work on more effective vaccines. Tulane immunologist Dr. Elizabeth Norton says they plan to drastically drop the number of flu-related deaths with a better developed vaccine…

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She says there is an estimated three to four-thousand deaths each year from the flu.