6:30 LRN Newscast 06/24/19

A new study released from LSU Health New Orleans Health Sciences Center shows a link between pre-pregnancy weight and breast milk. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Dave Bartholomew the hard driving New Orleans Trumpeter and bandleader who co-wrote and produced most Fat’s Domino’s hits died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 100. Bartholomew and Domino formed the most successful partnership in New Orleans music history.

Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent in May, a .6 percent drop year to year, and a .1 percent drop from March.
Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says the state has 2,600 fewer unemployed than last month, and 12,000 since last year. She says in total it’s a record for the decade.
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New Orleans paced the rest of the state in new jobs additions at 6,900, followed by Lafayette at 2,500.
Education and Healthcare combined have gained 9,000 jobs year-to-year
The 4.4 percent unemployment rate puts Louisiana in a category economists call “full employment”, the first time Louisiana has received that designation in years.