Louisiana has hit a record low all-time non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 3.5 percent for the month of April. This tops a previous all-time low of 3.6 set in April of 2008. The total number of unemployed in the state is now 72,754, also the lowest on record.
A bipartisan group of US Senators, including Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, is working to combat surprise medical billing. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
The Department of Children and Family Services is asking for more households to open their doors to teen foster kids as part of National Foster Care Month. DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters says teens can be some of the hardest foster system kids to find good homes for.
The drive is focused on finding foster homes for kids in the communities they were raised in so, that they don’t have to leave their schools, friends, and other local connections when they enter the system.
The Louisiana affiliates of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization have now unified to become a single, statewide affiliate. Executive Director of Komen Louisiana Angela Miller says the funds that are raised in Louisiana end up staying in Louisiana with 75% of the funding going toward the cost incurred in helping with women’s health.