The Louisiana Senate has unanimously approved legislation that would give teachers and other public-school employees six weeks of paid parental leave after giving birth, adopting or fostering a child. Right now, they have to use sick days or take partially paid leave. The bill’s author, Shreveport Senator Sam Jenkins, says that is not right…
The measure heads to the House floor for more discussion.
Special coins commemorating America’s 250th birthday are already in circulation and more will come out as we get closer to July 4th. U-S Mint Director Paul Hollis of Mandeville will be at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, also known as the old U-S Mint, from 4 to 6 PM today. He says the public will have the opportunity to purchase the circulating 2026 Emerging Liberty Dime and 2026 Revolutionary War Quarter.
It’s Mother’s Day weekend and have you gotten your mom that special gift. Jewely leads Mother’s Day spending and spending on flowers is projected to reach three-point-two billion dollars according to the National Retail Federation. Research analyst Lea Grgich says gifts of experience are also popular…
Cut 16 (10) “…at 39-percent”
We’ll see multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms this Mother’s Day weekend as a weak front has stalled near the coast and it’s interacting with a very moist air mass. LSU Health climatologist Barry Keim says multiple inches of rain is possible…
Cut 3 (11) “…welcome the rain”