A report from Leaders for a Better Louisiana finds that the state ranked second in the nation in the third quarter for job growth. The state added 36-thousand jobs over the year ending in September. Better Louisiana CEO Adam Knapp says construction drove the job growth. Knapp says Louisiana also leads the South in manufacturing job growth…

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The average earnings per job in manufacturing is 118-thousand dollars.

Last night a Celebration of Life Ceremony was held at the PMAC to remember the late great Dale Brown, the former LSU basketball coach who recently passed away at the age of 90. Ricky Blanton was on the 1986 Final Four Team and remembers Coach Brown’s recruiting visit to his home in Miami…

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Senator Bill Cassidy’s term will end in less than two months. Louisiana’s move to a closed party primary was a factor in Cassidy’s failed re-election bid. Cassidy has filed legislation in Congress that would require states to hold open primaries for federal offices. Cassidy says had there been an open primary in Texas, for example, Republican John Cornyn would have been re-elected instead of Democrat James Talarico flipping that seat….

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State Representative Mike Bayham of Chalmette has passed away at the age of 52. The Republican from St. Bernard Parish reportedly died of liver failure. He was in his first term in the Louisiana Legislature and authored Constitutional Amendment Four on last week’s ballot, which was approved. It limits a governor to two four-year terms over a lifetime.