Louisiana’s unemployment rate is at a three-year-low at 5.5 percent. Don Molino has more on the latest jobs report…

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For the first time ever a trade agreement will allow Louisiana to export rice to China. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says this is a huge achievement for the industry.

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Baton Rouge drivers who use the Old Mississippi River Bridge will have to find an alternate route this weekend as the bridge and US 190 are closed until Monday morning at 8. Rodney Mallet with DOTD says they’re doing what they can to keep delays minimal.

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Twenty-one-hundred soldiers at Fort Polk will deploy to Iraq this fall for anti-terrorism operations. Base spokesperson Kim Reischling says they are committed to providing support to the families of the deployed soldiers. She says Fort Polk provides these families with the services they need while their loved ones are deployed.

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