Manpower says based on its survey of metropolitan areas, New Orleans and Baton Rouge are the two worst in the country to find a job this summer. LSU Economist Doctor Loren Scott says the summer is a slow time for New Orleans tourism industry…
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Scott says the job outlook is actually much worse in Houma and Lafayette, because of the downturn in the oil and gas industry.

A new report released by the Annie E Casey Foundation finds Louisiana ranks 48th for child well-being. Teresa Falgoust, with the Agenda for Children, says the state ranks so low because of the number of kids who live in poverty, but the report highlights some positives. Falgoust says Louisiana ranks seventh in pre-school attendance and literacy has improved…
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The governor has formed a Justice Reinvestment Task Force that aims to safely reduce the incarceration rate and the cost of housing inmates. Halen Doughty has more…
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Shreveport police are calling the death of an 81-year-old man a homicide. Authorities say William Hines was found dead inside his home on Monday afternoon. An exact cause of death is not known, but investigators have enough information to determine Hines was murdered as there was a stab wound to his upper body.