The Baton Rouge Press Club held a Fifth District Congressional forum on Monday and three of the Republican candidates attended. So we will hear from them over the next few newscasts. Starting with State Representative Gabe Firment, who says he supports the Medicaid work requirement provision in the Big Beautiful Bill…
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In the next two newscasts, we’ll hear from small business owner Austin Magee and state representative Michael Echols.
According to the CDC, Louisiana has the highest rate of flu activity of any state in the Continental United States –. Dr. Fred Lopez, a professor of medicine at LSU Health New Orleans, says this is a relatively early start to flu season.
Dr. Lopez says the prevailing subtype this year is H1N1.
The Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership says the Capital Region leads comparable metro areas in job growth. Andrew Fitzgerald, the senior vice president of strategy and research, says the region added 13,700 jobs over the past year, with construction accounting for much of the growth.
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Fitzgerald says the Capital Region now has more than 58-thousand construction jobs.
The Shreveport Regional Airport is offering daily non-stop flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. It’s been 18 years since you could fly directly from Shreveport to one of the busiest airports in the world. Shreveport Airport spokesperson Mark Crawford says the service started Sunday and the United Airlines flight leaving yesterday was nearly full….
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Crawford says if demand is high, a second daily flight could be added, as they’ve seen with flights to Charlotte and Denver.