New polling data puts Governor John Bel Edwards approval rating at 49-percent. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New data shows that the Acadiana area lost 11-thousand jobs from 2008 to 2018 in the Acadiana area…
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Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what appears to be a murder suicide that left a married couple dead, and their son injured. Sheriff Tony Mancuso says deputies were dispatched to a home in south Lake Charles early Friday morning regarding a man stabbing his son.
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Deputies found 52-year-old David Pendley dead along with his 59-year-old wife, Katherine. The son has been released from the hospital. Mancuso says it appears the father stabbed his wife and son and then stabbed himself…
Mancuso says the son survived the attack, but this family will never be the same…
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A poll finds that about half of Louisiana voters approve of Governor John Bel Edwards’ job performance. Morning Consult, which polls the popularity of governors, found Edwards has a 49-percent approval rating, 30-percent disapprove and 21-percent are undecided. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley
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Stockley says Edwards is doing well as a Democrat in the red state, because of his pro-gun and pro-life stance and his ability to bring budget stability…
Edwards is up for re-election on October 12th and there are two announced Republican challengers. Stockley says a positive approval rating is one thing, but getting re-elected as a Democrat in a red state is a whole different story…
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Despite the recent talk of a slight uptick in the oil and gas business, when comparing 2008 to 2018, nearly 11,000 jobs were lost in the Acadiana area from the 24,000 oil jobs in 2008. President and CEO of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority Gregg Gothreaux says the drop in the oil industry has seen a domino effect in job losses in other sectors.
Gothreaux says while much of the loss is linked to the drop in oil prices, about a thousand jobs were lost due to changes in the energy industry.
Gothreaux says many of the workers are diverse in their skills and have found jobs with petrochemical projects. He adds with the volatility of this oil industry, any comeback would likely be modest.
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It’s the Saints and the Eagles in an NFC divisional round playoff game on Sunday in the Dome. It looked like Philadelphia’s season was over when the Black and Gold dismantled them 48-7 in November. Saints linebacker Demario Davis says he’s not surprised to see the Eagles again in the postseason…
Philly quarterback Nick Foles has led the team on a four game winning streak after starter Carson Wentz suffered a back injury in December. But Saints running back Alvin Kamara says they have quarterback Drew Brees…
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The Saints final regular season game saw them fall to the Carolina Panthers 33-14 but Kamara says having wide receiver Ted Ginn back in the lineup has smoothed some of those offensive hiccups…