According to new census data, Louisiana women make about two thirds of what men in The Bayou State are paid. Tulane Business Professor Dr. Mark Rosa believes women in Louisiana, even if they have a high paying degree, are more inclined to stay home and not work in favor of raising their family…

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The figures show that Louisiana’s gender pay gap is the largest in the nation.

Officials in Lafourche Parish are alerting residents that a North Larose resident was found deceased last week and the Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed he had the West Nile Virus. Parish Administrator Archie Chaisson says they are spraying insecticides in the area to try to kill mosquitoes in every stage of life…

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This marks the 5th death from the disease in Louisiana this year.

In a report released today, the condition of Louisiana’s highways rank 40th in the nation. The Reason Foundation, a think tank out of Los Angeles, says Louisiana has fallen 16 spots from its previous report. Author of the study, David Hartgen, says Louisiana’s highways rank 44th in fatality rate and it also gets poor marks for the percentage of deficient bridges….

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He says the pavement condition of the state’s rural and urban interstates also contributed to the poor ranking.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s office says a United States Postal worker is under arrest for allegedly stealing marijuana from packages he was supposed to be delivering. CPSO spokesman Bobby Herring says narcotics agents moved in on 31-year-old Russell Leon Ellis of Shreveport as he was removing the drugs from the postal packages…

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He says initially Ellis was charged with possession of schedule I marijuana.