Louisiana is beginning the 60-million-dollar process of replacing two aging youth prisons with newer, “Therapeutic Model” buildings. Deputy Secretary for the Office of Juvenile Justice Dr. James Bueche says they can pay back the loan with future savings.
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The plan is to replace the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, and The Bridge City Center for Youth outside of New Orleans and the new youth lockups will use a therapeutic approach which Bueche says can reduce recidivism.

The University of Louisiana System has started a new program called Compete Louisiana which will help adults who went to college but never got a degree. U-L System president Doctor Jim Henderson says the program features coaches who are dedicated to helping you return to college and get that degree…
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For more information go to compete-la-dot-org.

The National Federation of Independent Business says uncertainty is on the rise among small business owners. NFIB Louisiana director Dawn Starns says small business owners have become a little more cautious…
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But Starns says small business optimism is still at a historically high level.

Governor John Bel Edwards is back in Baton Rouge after touring Hurricane Barry damaged levees in Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes. But Edwards says these levees were not breached and there were only a few cases of overtopping…
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Edwards says the Corps of Engineers will conduct a thorough inspection of the levees.