The state keeps riding the wave of positive job news, as the latest unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 in December — the lowest in nearly a decade. Louisiana Workforce Commission Executive Director Ava Dejoie says many jobs were added in the leisure and hospitality industry…:
Cut 13 (10) “two-point-eight-percent”
Over 2.1 million Louisianans are currently working.

Governor John Bel Edwards’ worst-case-scenario budget calls for a 76 million dollar cut in state funding for the Department of Corrections. Secretary James Leblanc says the per diem cut to local sheriffs who house state inmates in particular is dangerous…:
Cut 7 (11) “state inmates”
He says the funding cuts will strain an already crumbling prison infrastructure.

Movers and shakers from across Louisiana are in DC for Washington Mardi Gras this week. Matt Doyle spoke with LAPolitcs about the annual tradition..:
Cut 2 (30) “I’m Matt Doyle”