13:30 LRN Newscast December 26

The Louisiana Office of Community Development says they are now encouraging flood victims who have already filled out the Restore Louisiana survey, to complete a formal application for aid. Michelle Southern reports…:

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It’s another big day for shoppers for after Christmas sales.  LSU Marketing professor Dan Rice says the 2017 holiday shopping season will go down as a huge one for retailers, but it remains to be seen if it’s because people actually have more money in their pockets…:

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In November, Governor John Bel Edwards announced DXC Technology would employ two-thousand workers in New Orleans as part of an expansion effort by the global tech company. Edwards says his decision to maintain higher ed funding earlier this year was critical in DXC’s decision to do business in Louisiana…

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Edwards adds this will be a great boon to New Orleans’ economy in 2018…

Not many Louisiana’s feel the state is moving in the right direction.  Only 36 percent agreed in a southern media and opinion research pool conducted last month.  Pollster Bernie Pinsonat says the low numbers are due to negative media coverage…

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