Louisiana has set new records for employment in the state, both nonfarm and private at nearly two million jobs and 1.7 million jobs, respectively. Osmar Padilla with Louisiana Works says the state’s unemployment rate has also fallen nearly a half a percent over the last year to 4.2-percent, because employers are constantly hiring.
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Tonight’s Rockin’1000 concert literally brings musicians from around the country and the world to the Crescent City. While half of the thousand musicians involved are from New Orleans, the other half are from 47 other states and 30 countries. Kelly Schulz with New Orleans and Company says an event like this is a golden opportunity for the city to show itself off to its global visitors.
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Two middle school students who had just gotten off a school bus are among eight people injured in a crash in Lafourche Parish Thursday afternoon. State Trooper Henry Perez says the driver of a Chevy Impala was going in the wrong lane in a no-passing zone and tried to slow down but lost control.
It’s another crazy cold weekend in Louisiana, with morning feels-like temperatures ranging from single digits to the teens across the state. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says this second round of extremely cold air is concerning for the thousands who still do not have power…
As of this morning, there are still reportedly more than 26-thousand households without power, 7,000 in Ouachita Parish…and 1200 in Orleans due to high winds.