If you’re interested in a career investigating child abuse cases, the Department of Children and Families wants to hear from you. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A study from the Cenla economic dashboard reports steady growth for the Central Louisiana economy. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Still plenty of controversy over Speaker Mike Johnson sending the House home for summer recess instead of holding a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Jeanne Burns reports.
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The Department of Children and Family Services needs second shift Child Protective Services investigators. DCFS Secretary Rebecca Harris says they need workers in the second shift because child maltreatment does not happen just between the hours of 8:00 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.
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Harris says they’re looking to hire 53 people to work four, 10-hour shifts per week. And she says you do not need a college degree or any special licenses.
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Harris while those who work second shift will be required to work weekends, they will get every other weekend off. But working second shift does have its advantages, like additional pay.
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Those hired would start their new jobs as early as September 15th.
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Central Louisiana is showing steady economic growth, according to a study from the Cenla Economic Dashboard. The Alexandria metropolitan area has gained 707 jobs since May, and the dashboard’s author, LSUA Professor Randall Dupont, says Natchitoches is recovering from the April closure of its International Paper plant.
Consumer spending has also been on the rise. Dupont says the dashboard measures sales tax revenue to track spending rates. He says a successful job market leads to a fruitful local economy.
Alexandria and Pineville each recorded quarterly growth of four to five percent, and Natchitoches posted an eight percent quarterly gain.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announces honorably discharged military veteran residents can purchase a recreational hunting and fishing combination license for $20, a reduction of $80 for the Sportsman’s Paradise license. Republican Lafayette Senator Brach Myers authored the legislation that resulted in a big discount for military veterans.
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LDWF operates mostly on license fees, but Senator Myers says giving our veterans the ability to hunt and fish in Louisiana at a reduced cost is a small token of our appreciation for their selfless service to our country.
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Myers says the law was a result of collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and The Boot, an organization seeking to incentivize military veterans to make Louisiana their home once their service has ended.
Applications for the combo license can be found on the LDWF’s website.
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Still plenty of controversy – even among Republicans – over Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to send the House home early for its summer recess rather than hold a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Johnson says he’s committed to getting to the bottom of who was responsible for the sexual abuse of the women and teenage girls at the hands of Epstein and his associates.
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But Johnson says he only wants to do so after all files are completely pored over and all names of victims are redacted.
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Among the Republicans criticizing Johnson is Oil City Republican Representative Danny McCormick, who went as far as issuing a statement condemning his move. McCormick says in his statement, he was defending fellow Republican Thomas Massie, who co-sponsored a resolution with Democrat Ro Khanna to force the release of those files.
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McCormick says Johnson was wrong for calling out Massie, even though he’s the main Republican sponsoring the resolution.
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Fall camp is underway in Lafayette as the Ragin’ Cajuns prepare to defend their Sun Belt West title. The headline of camp will be the three-way quarterback battle between redshirt junior Walker Howard, redshirt freshman Daniel Beale and redshirt sophomore Lunch Winfield. Head coach Michael Desormeaux says they don’t have much college experience, but…
Howard committed to Ole Miss as a five-star out of Lafayette in 2022, and Beale appeared in three games for the Cajuns last season including the 31-3 loss to Marshall in the sun Belt championship.
The Cajuns will rely on a dynamic running back duo of sophomore Bill Davis and junior Zylon Perry. The tandem posted nearly 800 and 700 rushing yards last season, respectively, and Desormeaux says he expects improvement this season.
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The LSU Tigers begin the first full week of preseason camp today after taking Sunday off. On Saturday, Ju’Juan Johnson was at running back. Johnson was a record-breaking quarterback at Lafayette Chrisitan. Johnson started at LSU as a defensive back, but moved to running back during his freshman season. He took snaps at quarterback in the spring but on Saturday he was back at running back. Offensive tackle Tyree Adams believes Johnson can be a playmaker for the offense…
The defense has shown it can compete with LSU’s explosive offense during the first few days of fall camp. Linebacker West Weeks says the defensive playbook is bigger this year with Blake Baker in his second year as defensive coordinator…
LSU is less than a month away from its season opener against Clemson. The Tigers are looking for their first win in week one since 2019. Defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory has been at LSU in 2020 and wants to start 1-0….