The June jobs report came out today and it shows Louisiana has added nearly 21-thousand jobs since June 2016 and the unemployment rate is down to 5.5 percent, a three-year low. Construction has seen the largest gains , with an increase of 15-thousand jobs. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Ava Dejoie says Lake Charles continues to be the fastest growing job market with an increase in 55-hundred jobs over the last year….
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Baton Rouge, Monroe and New Orleans also saw job gains over the last year.

Governor John Bel Edwards announced the resignation of State Police Commissioner Calvin Braxton. WWL-TV found evidence that Braxton allegedly intimidated a trooper after the trooper arrested Braxton’s daughter for DWI.

Some shocking allegations have come out against David Wade Correctional Center in Homer. A lawsuit has been filed claiming mentally ill prisoners are forced to bark like dogs, before they were fed. Attorney Katie Schwartzmann says the Advovacy Center has been denied access to talk with the prisoners about the claims…
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The state department of corrections is not commenting on the suit.

Motorists heading into the Baton Rouge area need to know the U.S. Highway 190 Bridge will be closed starting at 8 PM to repair railroad tracks and the closure is expected to last the weekend. DOTD spokesperson Rodney Mallett says drivers planning to use the Old Mississippi River bridge need to find an alternate…
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