March Louisiana unemployment numbers had their biggest year to year drop in years. Matt Doyle has more.
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The Pelicans might just wrap up their playoff series with Portland when they square off with Trailblazers today. Super Star Center Anthony Davis is averaging nearly 28 points a game in the series. He says the key to moving on is to keep up the pressure on defense.
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The Pelicans average margin of victory in the series has been 9.3 points a game. Today’s tip off time is 4 pm.

Super Bowl wining head coach of the Eagles, Doug Pederson, is back in bayou to help ULM kick off the new football season. ULM Director of Marketing and Communications Julia Letlow says the former Warhawk QB was glad to step up and give back.
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The “2018 Kickoff with Doug Pederson” is tonight at 7 pm in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

U.-S. Senator John Kennedy says he’s asked the Trump administration to give full consideration to the inclusion of Chinese crawfish and shrimp in additional tarrifs.
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He added that a higher tariff on Chinese crawfish and shrimp would help our seafood industry, which has a 2.4 billion dollar impact on Louisiana’s economy. Earlier this month, President Trump asked the U.-S. Trade Representative to consider whether 100-billion dollars in additional tariffs would be appropriate.