Southeast Louisiana is under a tropical storm warning and flash flood watches are also posted as forecasters are anticipating a tropical storm will hit either southeast Louisiana or Missisippi early Wednesday morning. The National Hurricane Center anticipates Tropical Storm Gordon will form in the eastern Gulf of Mexico later today.

On this Labor Day, there are just over two-million people working in Louisiana, nearly 28-thousand more than last year. Chief Economist for the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Doctor Ali Bustamante, says for those looking for work, the health care industry seeks qualified workers…
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Manufacturing continues to be a growing sector in the economy as there are 48-hundred more manufacturing jobs than a year ago.

The LSU Tigers are 1-0 after an impressive performance in Dallas as the Bayou Bengals beat Miami 33-17. Senior running back Nick Brossette rushed for a career-high 125 yards and two touchdowns and new starting quarterback Joe Burrow played mistake free football, while also throwing for 140 yards. Coach Ed Orgeron says Burrow played great, despite some heavy pressure from the Hurricane defense…
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LSU will now get ready to host Southeastern Louisiana in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night.

The Louisiana Department of Education has a new grading system to check year to year academic growth progress of students and it’s already beginning to show interesting results. Assistant Superintendent Jessica Baghian (Bahg-e-ON) says they noticed a difference in English scores and Math scores.
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Baghian says the state needs to continue to work on closing the achievement gap between the general population and black students.