The Louisiana Workforce Commission says we’re getting closer and closer to the 2 million mark when it comes to the number of people who have jobs here. Jeff Palermo reports.

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Louisiana State Police say a Monroe man is dead after a single vehicle accident in Ouachita Parish. Authorities say 32-year-old Jason Jones’ car overturned after running off the road into a ditch. Jones was reportedly not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead on arrival to a local hospital.

Governor Bobby Jindal has a little over a year left in office and, even though a presidential campaign could be on the horizon, he says he still has plenty of work to do in Louisiana. Jindal has made it no secret that he is considering a Presidential run in 2016. The governor says he’s not interested in running for his old job as a US Representative…

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Jindal has said he won’t make an announcement on a Presidential run until after the November elections.

A new poll by Real Clear Politics shows Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu leading the US Senate race with 38 percent of the vote followed by Republicans Congressman Bill Cassidy with 36 percent and Rob Maness with 9 percent. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says undecided voters this late in the campaign are ones who are likely conservative but are influenced by Landrieu’s longtime incumbency…

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Election day is November fourth, early voting is currently underway.