The Bureau of Economic Analysis has announced the Gross Domestic Product grew in Louisiana for the second quarter of 2018, making it the 12th fastest economic growth in the nation, and third among the 12 states of the southeastern region.  LSU economist Loren Scott says Louisiana is way higher than the rest of the country in the contributions to the construction sector.

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Scott says the state’s percentage rate of growth just barely outpaces the national average.

Attorney General Jeff Landry announces he’s running for re-election, after dancing with the idea of running for governor in late summer. The former Republican Congressman has served in the office since 2016. Political Analyst Clancy DuBos says the declaration was unambiguous, and timely for a reason.

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Today is recognized as the Great American Smokeout, an observation started by the American Cancer Society in 1975.  Spokesperson for Louisiana’s Smoking Cessation Trust Jim Pittman says the observation was started in an effort to get tobacco users to kick the habit in favor of using money spent on smoking toward charity.

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Shreveport Police have charged two teen suspects in the murder of a pizza delivery driver earlier this month.  When officers arrived at the scene of the shooting they found 28 year old Lester McGee with multiple gunshot wounds.  He later died at a medical facility.  Following the search for the responsible parties, investigators have apprehended a 16-year-old suspect and they are currently on the lookout for 13-year-old Anthony Mandigo.  Crimestoppers is offering a $1000 reward for information that leads to Mandigo’s arrest.