Economist Doctor Loren Scott is predicting the state will add almost 75-thousand jobs over the next two years with solid job growth expected for the Baton Rouge area, Lake Charles and Monroe because of ongoing construction projects like a Hyundai Plant in Ascension Parish, an LNG terminal in southwest Louisiana and the Meta Data plant in Richland Parish. But Scott says in New Orleans, job growth is stagnant…

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But the Saints are staying in New Orleans through at least 2035 because of a new lease agreement. Saints Owner Gayle Benson says the deal is an example of the special partnership between the state and the NFL franchise…

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How will the ongoing federal government shutdown affect consumer spending? Andrew Greenstein has some insight.

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The Louisiana Department of Revenue says it will no longer accept cash payments effective November first. L-D-R says the policy is part of an ongoing initiative to improve the efficiency of their payment processes and it’s already in effect at the department’s regional offices in Alexandria, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport.